The Longines Future Tennis Aces in Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 香港)

5月 3, 2010

Longines Hong Kong held the prize award presentation for the Longines Future Tennis Aces at the main concourse of Ocean Terminal, Harbour City and Tsim Sha Tsui. Hundreds of press and passengers came and watched the show.

This is the first time for Hong Kong to send a kid to attend the mini tournament in Roland-Garros. Abigail Chiu, outperformed the 3 other contestants and won the Hong Kong selection match on 11th of April. A prize award ceremony was organized to announce the good news. The Longines Ambassador of Elegance, Mr Aaron Kwok, was invited to attend the event. He held a giant racquet and hit the giant tennis ball to unveil the “Longines Future Tennis Aces” message. Aaron also presented a huge Roland-Garros ticket to Abigail, wishing her the best success for the trip. To support the local tennis development for the youth, Longines Hong Kong also sponsored HKD100,000 to the Hong Kong Tennis Association (HKTA) to establish the Longines Future Tennis Aces Scholarship. Talented kids after joining the summer training program organized by HKTA will benefit from this scholarship to continue their training in tennis. Miss Karen Au Yeung, Vice President of Longines Hong Kong presented the cheque to Mr Vincent Liang, Honorary Secretary of HKTA.

Showing concern for our society is also an act of Elegance. Longines donated the latest Admiral Ceramic Chronograph at a value of HKD31,300 for a charity auction. Finally the renowned music composer and producer Peter Kam won the auction at HKD50,000. The sum was donated to Unicef to help the victims of the Qinghai earthquake. At the end of the show, Aaron helped to sign Longines tennis balls for a charity sale at the event. The act attracted a huge crowd around the show.