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The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing, congratulated Hong Kong athletes for gaining 13 more medals - two gold, seven silver and four bronze - in the East Asian Games today (December 7).
"Hong Kong athletes have achieved remarkable results. I encourage them to continue to work hard and strive for excellence," Mr Tsang said.
The Hong Kong delegation has so far won eight gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze medals in the 2009 EAG.
The list of Hong Kong athletes who won medals today is as follows.
Gold
(1) Pair Artistic Cycling Men: Yu Sum-yee and Lo Tin-hin
(2) Table Tennis Mixed Doubles: Ko Lai-chak and Tie Ya-na
Silver
(1) Pair Artistic Cycling Men: Ip Hin-bon and Yu Po-man
(2) Single Artistic Cycling Women: Tsang Yu-sum
(3) Cycle Ball Men: Chui Chun-to, Ho Wing-tai and Lo Man-fai
(4) Table Tennis Mixed Doubles: Jiang Hua-jun and Tang Peng
(5) Taekwondo 62 kg Men: Poon Chun-ho
(6) Bowling Singles Men: Wu Siu-hong
(7) Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Women: Au Hoi-shun, Kong Man-yi, Sze Hang-yu and Hannah Wilson
Bronze
(1) Single Artistic Cycling Women: Lo Wai-man
(2) Taekwondo 72 kg Men: Yeung Tsz-wing
(3) Table Tennis Women's Doubles: Lin Ling and Zhang Rui
(4) Table Tennis Men's Singles: Cheung Yuk
Ends/Monday, December 7, 2009
Issued at HKT 22:45
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