The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the Jockey Club held a special marathon with 1,700 mentally handicapped runners and accompanying runners participating

2023-01-08T11:01:23.438Z


Tung Wah Group of Hospitals "Running for Inclusiveness" - Hong Kong Jockey Club Special Marathon 2023 was held at the Central and Western District Promenade today (8th). More than 1,700 mentally handicapped runners and accompanying runners participated together, a record high in recent years;


Tung Wah Group of Hospitals "Running for Inclusiveness" - Hong Kong Jockey Club Special Marathon 2023 was held at the Central and Western District Promenade today (8th). More than 1,700 mentally handicapped runners and accompanying runners participated together, a record high in recent years; In particular, the "Biography·Family Run" project was added to allow children with special needs and their families to enjoy the fun of sports together, attracting nearly 100 people to participate.


+2

The Special Marathon 2023 was held today at the Central and Western District Waterfront Promenade. More than 1,700 mentally handicapped runners and accompanying runners participated together, a record high in recent years.

The organizer arranges an accompanying runner for each mentally handicapped contestant to participate in the 3-kilometer race in groups of two. Pre-competition exercises are also arranged to shorten the distance between the contestants and accompanying runners and establish a tacit understanding.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, Vice-Chairman of the Jockey Club Li Jiaxiang and others presided over the kick-off ceremony for the race and cheered for the participants.

This year, the event added a special "Legend. Family Run" event, allowing children with special needs and their families to enjoy the fun of sports together, attracting nearly 100 people to participate.

This year, the competition resumed the "Enterprise Inclusion Cup" award, attracting employees from different companies such as the Jockey Club to serve as accompanying runners to complete the competition with mentally handicapped athletes.

Li Jiaxiang said that he is very happy that the event has gradually returned to the previous scale, and the 3km race has returned again, allowing athletes to challenge themselves, and the Jockey Club and the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals have joined hands to carry out various social services, including supporting this event for the 12th year , to encourage people with different abilities to do more exercise, to promote healthy living, and to promote the inclusion of the disabled.

Diversity and Inclusiveness Photo Exhibition Records Four Groups of LGBTQ+ People's Touching Stories Integrate Society|SEN Youth Received Expert Certification of Employment Matching and Development of Strengths "Having Work Ability" Disability Inclusion|People with Disabilities Difficult to Find Jobs Social Enterprises: Enterprises Strategically Hire Disabled Employees Win-win Noah's Ark "Big Sports Day for the Disabled and the Disabled" SHKP Guo Bingjiang and the Hong Kong Paralympic Games promote the inclusion of the disabled

Source: hk1

All news articles on 2023-01-08

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.