The Hong Kong Jockey Club is recruiting its latest intake of Racing Trainees, with the closing date for applications being Friday, 24 July 2020.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced today (7 May 2020) a new HK$150 million Community Sustainability Fund. The Fund will provide grants to small-to-medium size community service agencies and sports organisations to design and deliver services targeting the physical and mental well-being of underprivileged and vulnerable groups impacted by COVID-19. Funding will be available for between six and nine months.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (“Club”) announced today (10 April) that Mr Lester G Huang has been co-opted to join the Board of Stewards. He will fill a vacancy left by Mr Lester C H Kwok, who retires at the age of 70 on the same date after more than 14 years as a Steward of the Club. In appreciation of his outstanding service and contribution to the Club, the Board has invited Mr Kwok to become an Honorary Steward.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced today (18 March 2020) that it is extending its well-received Bandwidth Support for E-learning at Home Scheme (https://elearningsupport.hk/) for an additional two months and providing “Zoom classrooms - modern learning for the modern student” (Zoom classrooms) licences for online teaching so that students can continue learning and connecting with their teachers as schools are now expected to remain closed for a longer period.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced today (16 March) the appointment of Ms Shella Ng to the position of Executive Director, Legal and Compliance (“EDLC”) with effect from 1 April 2020. Ms Ng will succeed the current EDLC, Ms Philana Poon, who has decided to leave the Club on 1 June 2020 after completing her contract.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced today (6 March 2020) three additional initiatives to support the community through the challenges brought on by COVID-19. These include HK$42 million to provide free mobile internet data to underprivileged students to facilitate online learning, a HK$50 million top-up of its well-received “COVID-19 Emergency Fund” and HK$30 million towards the distribution of more anti-epidemic care packs to vulnerable groups.

The role of the Hong Kong Jockey Club's (HKJC) Conghua Racecourse as a catalyst for the further developement of horse racing in China was outlined at the 38th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in Cape Town, South Africa.

The 38th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) closed in Cape Town, South Africa last night (Friday, 21 February) with the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) Secretary General Mr. Andrew Harding celebrating the strides taken to “unlock racing’s potential” in the spirit of the conference theme.

Collaboration, communication, transparency and integrity were identified as key factors in helping racing authorities around the world form fruitful partnerships with government in a session titled 'Engaging with the Government as a Stakeholder' at the 38th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday afternoon (21 February, 2020).

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced today (21 February 2020) a further donation of 350,000 adult medical masks to help prevent the transmission of COVID-19. This follows a previous donation of masks announced on 14 February, bringing the total contribution to 680,000.