Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, May 2 (Reporter Liu Ning) Hong Kong Sports Institute joined hands with Hang Seng Bank on the 2nd to launch a three-year “Hang Seng-Sports Institute elite athletes all-round development plan”, which will arrange athletes to go deep into the community, communicate with teenagers in an interactive way, promote the spirit of positive perseverance to them, arouse teenagers’ interest in sports, and promote elite sports and full-time training at the same time.
Li Zihou, vice chairman of Hong Kong Sports Institute, said at the launching ceremony of the plan held on the same day: “I hope this plan can sow the seeds of success in the community and promote the development of Hong Kong elite movement. I firmly believe that over time, these seeds will surely blossom and bear fruit and shine in the Sports Arena. The most important thing, of course, is to promote the importance of sports and make more young people build a healthy lifestyle.”
Chen Jianghua, the coach of Hong Kong table tennis team, believes that this plan will help to discover more new sports stars. He said: “In recent years, there have been a large number of table tennis talents in Hong Kong. Thanks to Hang Seng’s support over the years, athletes with athletic talent have been cultivated from an early age and gradually become a rare star of tomorrow. This plan arranges elite athletes to visit their alma mater, which will encourage more descendants to pursue their dreams and develop their sports potential.”
As an institution assisting the government in implementing elite sports training, Hong Kong Sports Institute is committed to providing a perfect environment, selecting, cultivating and developing athletes with sports talents, and assisting them in pursuing excellence, strive for good results on the field and encourage potential teenagers to take full-time athletes as their lifelong careers.