Dim Sum TV

5 February, 2015

Team Hong Kong Crowned News Cup Champions As Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao Media Gather for Chinese New Year Celebrations

Festive greetings from Pearl River Delta media! On February 5, 2015, the Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Media Chinese New Year Gathering and award presentation ceremony for the 12th News Cup Football Friendly Tournament was held in Hong Kong. The winner of this year’s News Cup was Team Hong Kong. The tournament is regarded by the media community as an important catalyst for trilateral exchange and cooperation between media organizations in the region. Journalists agree that increasing pan-regional integration will broaden the scope for development and diversification for the media industry.

Media representatives from Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao raising a toast to mark the new year.

The Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Media Chinese New Year Gathering and award presentation ceremony for the News Cup Football Friendly Tournament was attended by close to 200 guests, journalists and representatives from the event’s joint organizers. These included Mr. Patrick Nip Tak Kuen, Director of the Information Services Department of Hong Kong; Mrs. Michelle Li Mei Sheung, Director-General of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department; Mr. Tai Kin Man, Deputy Controller of Broadcasting, RTHK; Mr. Zhang Guo Liang, President of the Hong Kong Federation of Journalists; Mr. Jiang Zaizhong, Chairman Of Hong Kong Federation of Journalists; Mrs. Ou Caiqun, Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Government Information Office; Mr. Victor Chan, Director of the Government Information Bureau of the Macau SAR. Also invited to the event was Mr. Kit Szeto, Director & CEO of Dim Sum TV.

A time to catch up and celebrate! From left to right: Mrs. Michelle Li Mei Sheung, Director-General of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department; Ms. Lynna Qi, Controller of the Corporate Communications Department of Dim Sum TV; Mr. Victor Chan, Director of the Government Information Bureau of the Macau SAR; Mr. Zhang Guo Liang, President of the Hong Kong Federation of Journalists; Mr. Jiang Zaizhong, Chairman Of Hong Kong Federation of Journalists; Mr. Kit Szeto, Director & CEO of Dim Sum TV; Mr. Lau Wai Chung, President of Bauhinia Magazine.

From left to right: Ms. Lynna Qi; Mr. Patrick Nip Tak Kuen, Director of the Information Services Department of Hong Kong; Mr. Kit Szeto.

In his welcoming speech, Mr. Zhang Guo Liang said that the Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Chinese New Year Gathering have become a cross-border media industry tradition. With the constantly widening and deepening cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has come a corresponding increase in trilateral media collaboration. He took the opportunity to thank the related government departments in the three cities for their support for the news industry. As China enters a big era of change and transformation, media will likewise begin a new phase in their development. He expressed his wish that media practitioners in the region will make the most of the opportunities that come their way in the year ahead.

Bolstered by their home advantage, Team Hong Kong won this year’s News Cup Football Friendly Tournament.

Co-organized by the Hong Kong Federation of Journalists, the Guangzhou Association of Journalists and the Macao Association of Journalists, the Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Media Chinese New Year Gathering and News Cup Football Friendly Tournament is an annual event that alternates between the three cities. This year’s two-day tournament got under way in Hong Kong on February 3 and ended with Team Hong Kong hoisting the trophy. Guangzhou will host the event next year.