{"id":777014690,"date":"2024-04-12T08:23:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014690"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:14:04","slug":"hkjc-provides-hk2-5m-in-aid-to-jordan-road-fire-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-provides-hk2-5m-in-aid-to-jordan-road-fire-victims","title":{"rendered":"HKJC provides HK$2.5m in aid to Jordan Road fire victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funding will be provided to those injured and the families of those who died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong.- <strong>The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC)<\/strong> has announced that it is providing immediate assistance of over HK$2.5m through the Social Welfare Department (SWD) to help people injured in the Jordan Road fire on April 10 as well as the families of people who died.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is providing HK$150,000 to the family of each deceased person, HK$100,000 to each seriously injured person and HK$50,000 to each injured person in a stable condition.\u00a0In addition to monetary assistance, the HKJC&#8217;s Charities Trust is working with the SWD and non-governmental organisations to provide support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jockey Club Emergency Relief Fund was established in 2010 to provide assistance to victims of natural disasters, accidents and epidemics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-funds-first-spca-animal-welfare-centre-in-tsing-yi\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HKJC funds first SPCA animal welfare centre in Tsing Yi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding will be provided to those injured and the families of those who died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777014930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has committed over HK$2.5 million in immediate financial assistance to individuals and families impacted by the recent Jordan Road fire. This philanthropic deployment, executed in collaboration with the Social Welfare Department and the HKJC's Charities Trust, provides tiered support based on injury severity or fatality. This action underscores the HKJC's robust corporate social responsibility framework and its ongoing commitment to community welfare, leveraging established mechanisms like the Jockey Club Emergency Relief Fund.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club, Social Welfare Department, Jockey Club Emergency Relief Fund, SPCA","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Jordan Road, Tsing Yi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"HKJC CSR Framework?","query":"How does the Hong Kong Jockey Club's overarching corporate social responsibility framework align with its operational governance and regulatory obligations as a prominent gaming entity?"},{"label":"Social License Impact?","query":"What are the measurable impacts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club's extensive charitable investments on its social license to operate and its relationship with key governmental and community stakeholders?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[22317],"class_list":["post-777014690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777014690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014716,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014690\/revisions\/777014716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777014930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}