{"id":777047461,"date":"2026-09-17T11:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777047461"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:50:47","slug":"hkjc-cancels-sha-tin-race-meeting-ahead-of-tung-chee-hwa-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-cancels-sha-tin-race-meeting-ahead-of-tung-chee-hwa-funeral","title":{"rendered":"HKJC cancels Sha Tin race meeting ahead of Tung Chee-hwa funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The decision will also affect the club\u2019s retail betting network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong.- The Hong Kong Jockey Club<\/strong> has announced the cancellation of its September 20 Sha Tin race meeting<\/strong> as Hong Kong prepares for the funeral of its first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa<\/strong>. The club said the meeting would be cancelled as a mark of respect. HKJC also confirmed that all of its off-course betting branches will be closed on September 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tung died on September 8 at the age of 89. He became Hong Kong\u2019s first chief executive in 1997 following the handover of the territory from British to Chinese sovereignty. He was selected for a second term in 2002 but left office in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his time as chief executive, Tung took on a senior role in China\u2019s political advisory system, becoming vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference. Following Tung\u2019s state funeral on Sunday, a public vigil will be held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point from 3pm to 10pm on September 19, followed by a public memorial ceremony at 9am on September 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HKJC has not confirmed a replacement date for the cancelled meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Hong Kong Jockey Club reports record full-year betting revenue<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The decision will also affect the club\u2019s retail betting network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777042181,"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 cancelled its September 20 Sha Tin race meeting and closed all off-course betting branches as a mark of respect for the funeral of Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first chief executive. This operational disruption will impact the club's retail betting network and daily revenue for the specified date.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club, Tung Chee-hwa, National Committee of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Sha Tin, North Point","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the estimated gross gaming revenue (GGR) impact for the Hong Kong Jockey Club resulting from the cancellation of the Sha Tin race meeting and closure of off-course betting branches on September 20?"},{"label":"Operational Resilience","query":"How does the Hong Kong Jockey Club's operational resilience framework account for unforeseen, event-driven closures impacting its retail betting network and race calendar?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,155],"tags":[229,1619,4256],"class_list":["post-777047461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-gambling","tag-hong-kong","tag-horse-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047461","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777047461"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777047474,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047461\/revisions\/777047474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777042181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777047461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777047461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777047461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}