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Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2010
Join The Race, Feel The Energy
This year marked the 14th year of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon and the event was successfully completed on 28 February 2010.
Join the Race. Feel the Energy
As the largest participatory sporting event in Hong Kong, the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2010 fields 60, 000 runners – 5,000 more than 2009 and the highest quota in the event's history.
A new route was introduced to the full marathon, passing through a newly constructed landmark in Hong Kong, the Stonecutters Bridge (Route 8).
To inject positivity to the society, this year's slogan was 'Join the Race. Feel the Energy' which aims to encourage all walks of life to participate in the Marathon – as runners or cheerers, and to live out the "can-do" spirit and the Marathon spirit of perseverance.
Huge support from the HKSAR Government and leaders in the community
Top government officials officiated the races and presented prizes to the winners together with Jaspal Bindra, Group Executive Director and CEO, Asia, and Ben Hung, CEO Hong Kong, on the event day. Guests include:
- The Hon. Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of HK Government
- Mr. Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment
- Betty Fung, Director of Leisure and Cultural Services
- Michael Wong, Director of Information Services
- Eva Cheng, Secretary for Transport and Housin
Another key highlight of the Marathon is the Leaders Cup, drawing attention to the 50 business leaders which comprised of CEOs, Chairpersons and Board members of major corporations and organizations in Hong Kong, to participate in a short 2km run to show their support to the event and to raise fund for Seeing is Believing, Standard Chartered's global community programme to help combat avoidable blindness.
Ben Hung, CEO Hong Kong, remarked at the event, "The success of the Marathon would not be possible without the support of Hong Kong's community, our dedicated runners, our staff volunteers, and all who have contributed valuable time and resources to this event." . The Standard Chartered HK marathon has truly become the most significant event in Hong Kong.
Marathon 101 Education Programme 2009-2010
This year, the "Marathon 101 Education Programme" drew overwhelming responses from 70% of all primary and secondary schools. New large-scale extra-curricular activities have been introduced, including:
- "Marathon 101 'Never Give Up' Campaign" through which students demonstrated their creativity by designing giant tumblers.
- "Lyrics Writing and Singing Competition" which was co-organized with the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd (CASH) for the first time, to promote the marathon spirit and cheer for the Marathon runners, etc.
- The extra-curricular activities which have been well received in the past years and continuing to run are "Marathon 101 Little Reporters", "Marathon 101 Cheering Team Competition" and "Runners Development Programme".
For more information of the race, please visit http://www.hkmarathon.com .
Event day photo highlights
Runners crossing the Starting Arch at Tsim Sha Tsui |
Runners crossing the Starting Arch at Tsim Sha Tsui |
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Officiating guests firing the pistol to kick off the race |
Business and community leaders at the Leaders Cup |
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Standard Chartered staff cheering for the runners at the Finish |
Prize Presentation ceremony for Full Marathon (Men) |
Pre-event activities highlights
Press launch of Standard Chartered Marathon 2010 |
Marathon training clinic |
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Marathon 2010 'Recipes for Success' cooking demonstration |
Marathon 101 'Never Give Up!' Campaign - Creative giant tumblers depict smiling face |
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Marathon 101 Cheer for the Runners campaign – Lyrics Writing and Singing Competition |
Marathon 101 'Little Reporters' |