Mr. Eric Chan, Chief Secretary for Administration(5th from right), Mr. Kevin Yeung, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism of HKSAR(5th from left), Dr. Adrian Cheng, CEO of New World Development(Centre) and the Executive Directors of NWD Mr. Eric Ma(4th from left) and Mr. Nam Hoi Sitt(3rd from left), Hon. Kenneth Fok, Member of Legislative Council(3rd from right), Mr. King Shing Tang, Chairman of Hong Kong Sports Institute(2nd from right) and Mr. John West, Member of Open Water Swimming Technical Committee of World Aquatics(1st from right), joined Mr. Ronnie Wong, President of HKGSA(4th from right), officiated the gun-firing ceremony at 7:30am in the morning and mark the official opening of the New World Harbour Race.
Kaiki Furuhata (Centre) from Japan clocked 14'43.9, triumphing in the Men's International Racing Group. Cho Cheng Chi (3rd from right) and Park Jaehun (3rd from left) from Chinese Taipei and Korea came 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Hanano Kato from Japan clocked 15'46.3 winning in the Women's International Racing Group. Liew Li Shan Chantal (3rd from right) from Singapore and Nip Tsz Yin (3rd from left) from Hong Kong claimed the 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
The New World Harbour Race sees about 3,000 participants swimming across the harbour.
