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February 27, 2006

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The SCMP reports that a start has been made on Hong Kong's equestrian facilities for the 2008 Olympics:

Work on constructing equestrian facilities for the 2008 Olympics has started in Fanling, and the government will this week announce the launch of a company to organise the event.
It is understood the equestrian company was registered with the Company Registry on February 15...A government source said the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Bocog) was expected to inject between $300 million and $500 million for the company's operation. The Hong Kong Jockey Club is to spend another $800 million to construct the games venues in Sha Tin and Fanling.
So how many people does it take to organise the horse-y events of the 2008 Olympics, and more importantly, where do you put them all?
It is understood the equestrian company was registered with the Company Registry on February 15. An office will be set up in Wan Chai and up to 80 full-time staff will be hired to prepare for the Games events. The company will operate until the end of 2008.
For the geographically ignorant, please see the map below the jump. Wouldn't it make more sense, and be far cheaper, to rent space in Fanling for these people?

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 posted by Simon on 02.27.06 at 08:34 AM in the Hong Kong category.




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The whole "hosting equestrian events in Hong Kong" debacle doesn't make much sense in the first place... why make sense now?

 posted by: spacehunt on 02.27.06 at 03:15 PM [permalink]




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