In view of the fire incident at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced today that the Hong Kong leg of the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities (NGD) and the 9th National Special Olympic Games (NSOG) torch relay, originally scheduled for 9.30am tomorrow, will be cancelled.

The announcement was made in accordance with a notice issued by the office of the 12th NGD and the 9th NSOG Organising Committee.

The special traffic and transport arrangements will be aborted accordingly.

In addition, the torch relay events tomorrow in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Macau will not be held.

The opening ceremony of the 12th NGD and the 9th NSOG previously scheduled to take place in Guangzhou on December 8 will also be cancelled.

A simple closing event will be organised after all competitions of the 12th NGD and the 9th NSOG conclude.