5 September 2017, Hong Kong: The Flag Presentation Ceremony for the Hong Kong, China Delegation to the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) was held at Harbour Grand Hong Kong today.

The Federation is honored to have the Hon. LAU Kong-wah, JP, Secretary for Home Affairs of Home Affairs Bureau to present the HKSAR Flag to Mr. Timothy T. T. FOK, GBS, JP, President of Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC), accompanied by Ms. Vivien C.C. LAU, BBS, JP, Chef de Mission of Hong Kong, China Delegation to the Ashgabat 2017 AIMAG and Mr. Ronnie M. C. WONG, JP, Hon. Secretary General of SF&OC.

The 5^th AIMAG would be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from September 17 – 27. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has invited National Olympic Committees (NOCs) from Oceania to participate in this Games for the first time. Athletes and officials from Asia and Oceania would come together to participate in 21 sports events. A total of 179 delegation members including 119 athletes will represent Hong Kong, China to compete in 10 sports, namely Indoor Athletics, Billiard Sports, Bowling, DanceSport, Futsal, Muaythai, Short Course Swimming, Track Cycling, Indoor Tennis and Taekwondo.

A dedicated web page https://2017aimag.hkolympic.org for the Hong Kong, China Delegation to the Ashgabat 2017 AIMAG has been developed for sharing the Games’ information and competition results of the athletes to the general public. Besides, Games information can also be found through our mobile App namely “SFOC” for both Andriod and iOS version and SF&OC Facebook Page.

The Federation would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to all the supporting organizations, including Home Affairs Bureau, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and FILA Marketing (Hong Kong) Limited.

Issued by:       Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Date:              5 September 2017

Appendix: Name list of Hong Kong, China Delegation to the Ashgabat 2017 AIMAG

(5th AIMAG_Delegation list_20170905)