Hong Kong will host sports events one after another

[Global Times special reporter in Hong Kong Ye Lan] The epidemic has been in the epidemic for more than two years, and Hong Kong has been unable to host large sports events. However, this situation will soon improve.

According to Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily" reported on the 17th, sports specialist Yang Deqiang revealed that the sports associations are expected to have the opportunity to relax the quarantine arrangement, so they have always taken a wait -and -see attitude, and some are actively preparing to resume large -scale events. The Hong Kong International Seven Rugby (Rugby) Tournament ", Hong Kong Rugby Federation, who is responsible for hosting the event, is notified whether the relevant international organizations will be held at the end of July. The preliminary plans to arrange 15 overseas teams to come to Hong Kong, plus a total of 16 teams in the Hong Kong team. Although the scale of the event has been slightly reduced compared to the 24 teams in the past, I believe that it can still be divided into silver cups, silver discs and silver bowls like in the past. Essence In order to facilitate management, the organizers intend to pack a hotel. Different teams stay in different floors. Athletes need to test every day and go to training and competition venues in a "point -to -point" manner.

"Hong Kong International Seven Rugby (Rugby) Tournament" information map

In September, the Hong Kong FA planned to arrange one or two international friendship matches, and the Hong Kong team needs to prepare for the Asian Cup in the next year. Therefore, they are actively preparing to invite foreign teams to visit Hong Kong. In October, Hong Kong will hold the "Hong Kong World COOCC (Billiards) Masters" after 5 years, inviting the world's top players to come to Hong Kong, and Hong Kong's chief male player Fu Jiajun for the show. In the same month, Victoria Harbor Crossing Haiyan will also be held. In November, in addition to holding the "International Seven Rugby", Hong Kong is expected to hold Standard Chartered Marathon. The Hong Kong Badminton Open, which has been canceled for two consecutive years, is also actively re -held in the month. As for the historic Hong Kong Golf Open, it is expected to be held in January next year.

Yang Deqiang said that as the hotel quarantine arrangement was relaxed to "3+4", I believe that there will be overseas athletes willing to accept isolation, and the Hong Kong sports industry will find ways to arrange athletes to come to Hong Kong in other ways. Exemption and approval.

The tourism industry in Hong Kong has appeared. According to the data released by the Tourism Development Bureau on the 17th, since the SAR government has allowed non -Hong Kong residents to enter the country since May, the number of visitors to Hong Kong has begun to rise. Preliminary statistics from Hong Kong in July to Hong Kong. 17%. The Tourism and Development Bureau believes that the SAR government's adjustment of hotel quarantine and medical supervision arrangements for people overseas or Taiwan to arrival Hong Kong is a good start to comprehensively restore cross -border tourism. In particular, it can benefit business, visit relatives and return to Hong Kong to attract them as soon as possible Back to Hong Kong.

However, the situation in Hong Kong's epidemic prevention is still severe. Ou Jiarong, the chief doctor of the Infectious Division of the Infectious Division of the Health Center of the Department of Health, announced on the 17th that as of 00 times on the same day, 5757 cases were added in Hong Kong, including 5563 confirmed cases and 194 cases of overseas input cases. Investigating information, 5,823 cases were added to Hong Kong on April 1 this year, and it has been less than 5700 cases since then, and more than 5700 cases after more than 4 months on the 17th. On the 17th, four new clients died in Hong Kong, and a total of 9,371 people died of the fifth wave of epidemic.

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