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Jockey Club funds high-end documentaries to groom local talent

12/08/2011

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is supporting the local creative industry with a Charities Trust donation of HK$1.43 million towards a project aimed at raising the production quality of local documentaries through workshop and film financing. Launched in collaboration with CreateHK, the “Hong Kong to the World” project is jointly organised by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and National Geographic Channel International (NGCI).

Details of completed projects were announced today (8 December) at a global launch ceremony  attended by the Club’s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So, Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So, Fox International Channels Vice President of Hong Kong Territory Head Rajesh Sheshadri and Director of Broadcasting Roy Tang.

“Hong Kong to the World” is a joint project between RTHK and NGCI, which aims at passing the top documentary production skill to local professionals. The project included a workshop held in last April to equip the local participants before the production began. Senior producers and programme managers of NGCI were invited to share the filming experience and creative concepts with local filmmakers and producers. Another workshop was organised for local secondary and university students after the global launch today.

Mr Douglas So noted that the Club had a long history of being Hong Kong’s largest community benefactor contributing over HK$12 billion in the last decade to charities and community projects. “Supporting the development of arts, culture and creative industries has been one of the core areas of our donations,” he said. “To the Trust, the most meaningful part of this project is the benefit that it brings to grooming local filmmakers in documentary production.”

The Trust funding included two one-hour documentaries entitled “Cancer and the City” and “Falling Through The Ropes”. “Cancer and the City” explores how the environment and food affect our health through the struggles of a cancer patient, while “Falling Through The Ropes” presents a heart-warming story of some errant post-90’s teenagers who are brought back on the right track through boxing.

Together with “Siu Mei Kung Fu” and “Inside Hong Kong’s Rugby Sevens”, the documentaries will be aired in Hong Kong on TVB Jade every Saturday from 7:30pm to 8:30pm starting from 10 December. They will also be broadcast worldwide via the National Geographic Channel network, reaching more than 320 million homes in 166 countries, starting from 11 December. For more information, please visit: www.rthk.org.hk/special/hongkongtotheworld

The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has become one of Hong Kong’s best known and respected organisations, providing the public with world-class sporting entertainment as well as being the city’s major non-Government community benefactor, now donating more than HK$1 billion a year to charitable and community projects.  It has been a part of Hong Kong through good times and bad, sharing the city’s growth and development with its people, and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for future generations.

The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (2nd left) joins Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So (centre), Fox International Channels Vice President of Hong Kong Territory Head Rajesh Sheshadri (1st right) and Director of Broadcasting Roy Tang (1st left) at the ceremony.
The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (2nd left) joins Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So (centre), Fox International Channels Vice President of Hong Kong Territory Head Rajesh Sheshadri (1st right) and Director of Broadcasting Roy Tang (1st left) at the ceremony.

The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So says the most meaningful part of this project is the benefit that it brings to grooming local filmmakers in documentary production.
The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So says the most meaningful part of this project is the benefit that it brings to grooming local filmmakers in documentary production.

The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (right), Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So (centre) and Director of Broadcasting Roy Tang (left) at the ceremony.
The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (right), Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So (centre) and Director of Broadcasting Roy Tang (left) at the ceremony.

(From left) The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So and some of the production team members.
(From left) The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So and some of the production team members.

Photos 5/6:  The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (left) and a£į?Cancer and the Citya£į? filmmaker Sean Lee Davies (Photo 5 right). Rae Leung (Photo 6 right) shares her experience in fighting the cancer battle and hopes her experience will inspire the others.
Photos 5/6: The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (left) and a£į?Cancer and the Citya£į? filmmaker Sean Lee Davies (Photo 5 right). Rae Leung (Photo 6 right) shares her experience in fighting the cancer battle and hopes her experience will inspire the others.


Local secondary and university students join the workshop after the global launch.
Local secondary and university students join the workshop after the global launch.

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