The International Chinese New Year Night Parade tonight (28 January) attracted more than a hundred thousand spectators, including many tourists. With its theme of “Galloping Horse Illuminates the New Year”, The Hong Kong Jockey Club float was one of the parade highlights. Apprentice jockey Kei Chiong, winner of the 2015/16 Tony Cruz Award and Most Popular Jockey Award, and Raena Leung, HKJC Equestrian Team rider, joined the Club’s parade team, greeting crowds and receiving an overwhelming response in return.
Accompanying the Club’s float, the HKJC parade team comprised a group of young dancers from the Project Dance Studio of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups who joined with a lion dance troupe to present a lively Hip-hop Lion Dance. Meanwhile, the Club’s Progressing Together Cheering Team, dressed in their Chinese New Year outfits, proved a big hit with spectators along the parade route.
The HKJC float combined cut-out art - a traditional Chinese art form - with advanced LED lighting technology. Its centrepiece was a magnificent golden galloping horse. This theme reflected how the Club has brightened Hong Kong’s community life over many years and how it remains committed to creating a brighter future for Hong Kong.
To share the festive atmosphere, a special “Let’s Catch Good Fortune” game is available on the Club’s website 203.215.253.53/goodfortune from now until 31 January. Everyone is welcome to create a series of unique Fai Chun messages to share with friends and family through social media.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is a not-for-profit enterprise dedicated to community betterment. Through its integrated business model of world-class racing, responsible sports wagering and lottery, and charity and community contribution, the Club generates substantial economic and social value and assists the Government in combatting illegal gambling. In 2015/16 the Club donated a record HK$3.9 billion to charity and paid a record HK$20.9 billion in tax. It is Hong Kong’s largest single tax payer and one of the world’s largest charity donors. Committed to global excellence and giving back to society, the Club is always “riding high together for a better future” with the people of Hong Kong.
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Carrying the theme of a£á?Galloping Horse Illuminates the New Yeara£á?, the HKJC float integrated cut-out art - a traditional Chinese art form - with advanced LED lighting technology. The centrepiece was a magnificent golden galloping horse. This theme reflected how the Club has brightened Hong Konga£á?s community life over many years and remains committed to creating a brighter future for Hong Kong.
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The Hong Kong Jockey Cluba£á?s apprentice jockey Kei Chiong (right), winner of the 2015/16 Tony Cruz Award and Most Popular Jockey Award, and Raena Leung (left), HKJC Equestrian Team rider, joined the Cluba£á?s parade team , greeting the crowd and receiving an overwhelming response in return.
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A group of young dancers from the Project Dance Studio of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups joined with a lion dance troupe to present a lively Hip-hop Lion Dance along the parade route.
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The Cluba£á?s Progressing Together Cheering Team dressed in their Chinese New Year outfits proved a big hit with spectators along the parade route.
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