SHA congratulates athlete Jacqueline Siu on winning first gold medal in Asian Games for Hong Kong

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     The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Lau Kong-wah, today (August 23) extended his congratulations to Hong Kong equestrian athlete Jacqueline Siu on winning a gold medal in the Individual Dressage at the 18th Asian Games, being held in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia. This is the first gold medal won by the Hong Kong delegation in this Asian Games.

     Mr Lau said, "Hong Kong athlete Jacqueline Siu excelled in the competition to win a gold medal. This achievement fully demonstrates that her hard training has paid off and we share her joy. On behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, I would like to thank the coaches, staff and families who have given their support to the athletes."

     The Hong Kong team has so far won 10 medals, namely one gold medal, two silver medals and seven bronze medals, at this Asian Games. The list of medals won on August 21 as follows:

August 21

Silver medal
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Fencing: Men's Individual Foil
Nicholas Edward Choi

Bronze medals
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Fencing: Women's Individual Epee
Vivian Kong

Fencing: Men's Individual Foil
Cheung Ka-long

Swimming: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Ho Nam-wai, Camille Cheng, Katii Tang and Sze Hang-yu

Ends/Thursday, August 23, 2018
Issued at HKT 12:48

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