The Home Affairs Bureau of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong
Paralympic Committee and Sports Association for the Physically
Disabled jointly held the "300-day Countdown to Beijing 2008
Paralympic Games" on Sunday, marking the launch of a series of
activities to promote the Paralympic and Olympic Games.
Officiating at the countdown activity, Permanent Secretary for
Home Affairs Carrie Yau said the government would now gradually
step up its publicity efforts to promote the 2008 Paralympic and
Olympic Games.
These would include staging celebration activities to tie in
with significant dates of the Paralympic and Olympic Games, the
launching of city dress-up and publicity programs and promoting the
concept of "A Society for All".
Yau also said the government would seize the opportunity to
increase community understanding of the sports in which disabled
athletes participate and she appealed to people to take part in
various Paralympic and Olympic Games celebration and education
activities with the goal of achieving equal splendor for the two
Games.
The Para-equestrian Events of the Paralympics will be staged in
Hong Kong from September 7-11, 2008.
(Xinhua News Agency November 12, 2007)