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Jockey Club supports 17th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest
05/17/2025
Martin Liao, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club), served as a judge and officiating guest today (17 May) at the final and awards presentation ceremony of the 17th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest. He also presented awards to winning schools.
The Club has long been committed to nurturing students’ interest in international affairs as well as fostering their sense of belonging to the country and national identity. It has supported the Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest since 2009 and has sponsored student winners to join Mainland study tours. This year, the Club continued to serve as the contest’s Special Sponsor.
The contest is jointly organised by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR (“OCMFA”), the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government and the Better Hong Kong Foundation.
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Martin Liao, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (5th right) presents Bronze Awards to two winning teams of the 17th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest, together with Chen Feng, Deputy Head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR (middle) and Tan Zhiwei, Deputy Commander-in-chief of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison (5th left).
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Martin Liao, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (third row, 5th right) joins John Lee, HKSAR Chief Executive (third row, 8th left); Cui Jianchun, Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR (third row, 8th right); Luo Yonggang, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR (third row, 7th left); Chen Feng, Deputy Head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR (third row, 7th right); Tan Zhiwei, Deputy Commander-in-chief of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison (third row, 6th left); Jeff Sze, Acting Secretary for Education of the HKSAR Government (third row, 6th right); Jiang Xiaoyan, Deputy Director General of the Department of Press, Communication and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (third row, 4th left); and other guests and student winners for a group photo.
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Martin Liao, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (1st left) was one of the judges of the final.
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The Club is the Special Sponsor of the Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest. This year, the contest received an overwhelming response from almost 80,000 students from 289 primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong, setting a new record for the number of participants.