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Category:
| Senior Team (60 years old or above) |
HK$1,500 / team |
| Primary Team |
Secondary Team
Junior: P1 – P3 / Senior: P4 – P7 |
| Open Team |
| Corporation Team |
HK$3,000 / team |
*** All proceeds after deduction of necessary cost will be donated to The Hong Kong Society for the Blind for below purposes. ***
Souvenirs Pack: Souvenirs pack for every participant (Including backpack, polo-shirt, hand cream, swimming suit and swimming cap, etc. product value over HK$680)
Hong Kong Participants: 1,500 persons
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1) 8-hour relay swim
6 pax in a group & half hour for each group |
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2) Celebrities / guests competition
The 6 teams who donate the highest amount of funds would join the Guests Team competition with celebrities, artists and visually impaired swimmers.
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Deadline: 28th September, 2007
A fashionable waist bag will be awarded for those registration made on or before 10th September, 2007 on a first-come-first-served basis until stock lasts.
Event Feature:
Theme:
- First relay swim event in Hong Kong for blind and visually impaired swimmers and sighted people.
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Guinness World Record:
- Breaking the Guinness World Record by blind /visually impaired swimmers and sighted people (Most no. of participants for relay swim within one hour)
Guests of the event - Stars of the Town:
- Hon-Chairmen: Mr. Matthew Cheung Kin Chung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Labor and Welfare Bureau / Mr. Li Rong Gen, Vice-Governor of Guangdong (To be confirmed)
- Celebrities Relay Swim Team
- Olympic or Asian Game Swimming Medalists
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Event Objectives:
The objectives of this event are to arouse public awareness of the needs and abilities of the blind and visually impaired and at the same time to raise funds for the following purposes; - To launch I.T. projects for the blind in Hong Kong, so as to enhance their employment opportunities;
- To support prevention of blindness projects in Asia launched by the Asian Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness;
- To construct Mobile Eye Treatment Centres in China which provides free and low cost cataract surgery to the poor cataract patients living in remote areas in China;
- To improve the facilities of Blind Schools in China and to set up Educational Resource Centres to assist the visually impaired students to integrate and study in regular schools.
Your donation will help blind people lead a meaningful life !!
HK$200 |
A pair of Intra Ocular Lens (IOLs) |
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HK$300 |
Materials for surgery to one patient |
HK$500 |
One cataract surgery |
HK$1,000 |
Restore eye sight for one cataract patient |
HK$1,500 |
Sponsor board and lodging fee for one visually impaired student for one year |
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