{"id":777035255,"date":"2025-11-28T07:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777035255"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:34:56","slug":"hong-kong-jockey-club-to-donate-all-proceeds-from-sundays-race-to-support-victims-of-tai-po-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-jockey-club-to-donate-all-proceeds-from-sundays-race-to-support-victims-of-tai-po-fire","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Jockey Club to scale back Sunday race and donate proceeds to victims of Tai Po fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least 128 people have died in Hong Kong&#8217;s most deadly blaze in 80 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has announced a first tranche donation of HK$100m (US$12.8m) to support victims and families of those who died in Wednesday&#8217;s deadly fire at the high-rise residential complex Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. At least 128 people died in the blaze, while 200 remain missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HKJC has postponed the Mark Six Draw scheduled for November 29 to December 2. The race meeting scheduled to take place on Sunday will be held behind closed doors with no sponsors. There will be a minute of silence, and all gross income, estimated at around HK$70m (US$9m), will be donated to support those affected by the fire in consultation with the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Off-course Betting Branches will provide essential customer services only. Customers with table or seating reservations will be refunded.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/news_2025111801753_01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/jockey-club-carer-space-project-showcases-early-milestones'>Symposium highlights work of Hong Kong Jockey Club Carer Space Project<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 128 people have died in Hong Kong&#8217;s most deadly blaze in 80 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":11626,"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 pledged HK$170m (US$21.8m) in aid following a devastating fire in Tai Po, including a HK$100m direct donation and the full gross income from an upcoming race meeting. Operational adjustments include postponing the Mark Six Draw and holding a race meeting behind closed doors, with all actions undertaken in consultation with the Government. This demonstrates a significant corporate social responsibility initiative by a major iGaming entity.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Tai Po","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CSR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected long-term impact of this significant philanthropic commitment on the Hong Kong Jockey Club's brand equity and social license to operate within its regulated market?"},{"label":"Regulatory Consultation Scope","query":"What specific regulatory frameworks or governance protocols were invoked or consulted with the Government regarding the postponement of the Mark Six Draw and the alteration of the race meeting format?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[22317,24822],"class_list":["post-777035255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035255","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777035255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777035278,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035255\/revisions\/777035278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777035255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777035255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777035255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}