A two-day mass participation para dance sport event held at the Ma On Shan Sports Centre as part of the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities (NGD) and the 9th National Special Olympic Games (NSOG), concluded on September 7.

The event comprised Combi Standard Dance 3-Dance, Duo Para Standard Dance 3-Dance, Combi Standard Dance 5-Dance, Duo Para Latin Dance 5-Dance, Combi Latin Dance 3-Dance, Duo Para Standard Dance 5-Dance, Duo Para Latin Dance 3-Dance, Combi Latin Dance 5-Dance, and Group Dance competitions.

Over 90 athletes spanning 13 teams from the Mainland and Hong Kong participated. There were 23 Hong Kong competitors. Results from the different competitions are shown in the attachment.

National Games Coordination Office (Hong Kong) (NGCO) Head Yeung Tak-keung extended his congratulations to Hong Kong representatives Matthew Yu and Pandora Choi, who won gold medals in Combi Latin Dance 3-Dance and Combi Latin Dance 5-Dance, respectiveily. He also applauded another pair of Hong Kong representatives, Susanna So and Angus Lee, for claiming silver medals in the Combi Standard Dance 3-Dance, Combi Standard Dance 5-Dance and Combi Latin Dance 5-Dance competitions.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong team took gold in the Group Dance medals. Over the course of the whole weekend, Hong Kong's medal haul comprised three gold and three silver medals.

Mr Yeung remarked that this was the first mass participation para dance sport event the NGD and the NSOG have staged in Hong Kong. He added that it received very positive feedback from technical officials and athletes, with regard to venue facilities, competition procedures, accommodation and hospitality arrangements, and more.

Following the staging of the 15th National Games bowling mass participation event and this weekend's mass participation para dance sport event, the next major event to be hosted by Hong Kong will be the beach volleyball event due to commence in Victoria Park on October 31.