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CE presents award certificates of Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance to HKSAR Search and Rescue Team and Inter-departmental Preparation Team for Kai Tak Sports Park Commissioning (with photos)
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     The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, officiated at the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance Presentation Ceremony today (July 23) to present award certificates to two award-winning teams, namely the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Search and Rescue Team to quake-stricken areas in Myanmar in March 2025 and the Inter-departmental Preparation Team for Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) Commissioning. 

     Addressing the ceremony, Mr Lee praised the excellent performances of the two award-winning teams. He said, "The two awarded outstanding teams have demonstrated their respective strengths, which not only set an example for the entire civil service, but also demonstrated the HKSAR Government's spirit of pursuing excellence and fearlessly taking on challenges. They created good stories of civil servants that we are proud of through their actions."

     He said that Hong Kong's ranking of second globally and first in Asia in the "Government efficiency" section of the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 underlines the outstanding competence and effective performance of Hong Kong's civil servants. Mr Lee said he will continue to strengthen the system to enable officials to better utilise their proactive leadership capability so that the civil service can bring out their efficiency and potential to the fullest and realise the Government's result-oriented policy initiatives through action.

     In March this year, a major earthquake struck Myanmar, resulting in serious casualties. The HKSAR Search and Rescue Team rushed to Mantalay, one of the most devastated areas in Myanmar, to conduct search and rescue operations. The team completed 61 search and rescue operations covering 57 locations amid constant aftershocks and scorching heat in the disaster-stricken areas, and conducted joint operations with the China Search and Rescue Team, successfully rescuing one survivor who had been trapped for more than 125 hours. In addition, the HKSAR Search and Rescue Team excavated two bodies from the debris.

     The HKSAR Search and Rescue Team consists of civil servants from the Security Bureau, the Fire Services Department and the Immigration Department, as well as medical representatives from the Hospital Authority. The Commander of the HKSAR Search and Rescue Team, Mr Cheu Yu-kok, thanked the HKSAR Government for recognising the efforts of the team. He said that the HKSAR Search and Rescue Team will continue to uphold its professionalism, strengthen exchanges with relevant Mainland authorities and continue to explore further uses of AI and advanced technology to persistently enhance its emergency rescue capabilities and standards, and to make greater contributions to international humanitarian rescue work.

     The KTSP is the largest sports infrastructure project commissioned in Hong Kong. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the Security Bureau, the Civil Service Bureau, the Transport and Logistics Bureau, the Hong Kong Police Force and the Transport Department formed an interdepartmental preparation team, and completed around 20 test events, including five large-scale drills, in just five months, mobilising about 140 000 civil servants to participate in the stress tests to evaluate the capability of the KTSP and its surrounding facilities comprehensively, to become fully prepared for the grand opening ceremony on March 1 and the subsequent large-scale events.

     Representative of the Inter-departmental Preparation Team for KTSP Commissioning, the Commissioner for Sports, Mr George Tsoi, thanked the Chief Executive for his recognition of the team. He said that the team had done its utmost to overcome various challenges during the KTSP's preparatory process with efficiency and professionalism. The team will continue to work closely with the established foundation of good communication and collaboration to fully capitalise on the opportunities brought about by the KTSP. This will give impetus to Hong Kong's sports and entertainment events as well as its economic development. The then Director of Operations of the Hong Kong Police Force, Mr Chan Tung, said that the interdepartmental collaboration demonstrated the HKSAR Government's philosophy of being a capable government that can deliver results. This collaboration not only showcased Hong Kong's outstanding capabilities in large-scale event management, but also wrote an important chapter in the city's development of a sports and a mega-event economy.

     A number of Secretaries of Departments, Directors of Bureaux and senior officials, including the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing; the Deputy Secretary for Justice, Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan; the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung; the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung; the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Miss Rosanna Law; and a number of Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments of the award-winning teams, attended the ceremony to congratulate the awardees.

     The nomination exercise for the new round of the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance commenced in May this year. The Civil Service Bureau invited bureaux to nominate outstanding teams or colleagues for the honour. The response was very positive, and bureaux nominated outstanding teams in recognition of their outstanding performances in different areas. After the nominations had been made by the respective Directors of Bureaux, they were each considered by a high-level selection committee of the Government, which then put forward its recommendations to the Chief Executive for his decision.
 
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The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, speaks at the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance Presentation Ceremony today (July 23).
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, presented award certificates to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Search and Rescue Team to quake-stricken areas in Myanmar in March 2025 at the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance Presentation Ceremony today (July 23). Photo shows Mr Lee (front row, right) presenting an award certificate to the Commander of the HKSAR Search and Rescue team, Mr Cheu Yu-kok (front row, left).
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, presented award certificates to the Inter-departmental Preparation Team for Kai Tak Sports Park Commissioning at the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance Presentation Ceremony today (July 23). Photo shows Mr Lee (front row, centre) presenting an award certificate to the Commissioner for Sports, Mr George Tsoi (front row, left), and the then Director of Operations of the Hong Kong Police Force, Mr Chan Tung (front row, right).
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, officiated at the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance Presentation Ceremony today (July 23). Photo shows (front row, from left) the Director of Fire Services, Mr Andy Yeung; the Under Secretary for Security, Mr Michael Cheuk; the Permanent Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ms Vivian Sum; the Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Clement Leung; Consul of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Hong Kong Mr Kyaw Thu Naing; the Director of Immigration, Mr Benson Kwok; the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Miss Rosanna Law; the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung; the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing; the Commander of the HKSAR Search and Rescue Team to quake-stricken areas in Myanmar in March 2025, Mr Cheu Yu-kok; Mr John Lee; the Commissioner for Sports, Mr George Tsoi; the then Director of Operations of the Hong Kong Police Force, Mr Chan Tung; the Deputy Secretary for Justice, Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan; the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung; the Commissioner of Police, Mr Chow Yat-ming; the Chairman of the Legislative Council Panel on Transport, Mr Chan Siu-hung; the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Ms Maisie Cheng; the Permanent Secretary for Security, Mr Patrick Li; the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mr Kevin Choi; and the Commissioner for Transport, Ms Angela Lee, and awarded members of the HKSAR Search and Rescue Team and the Inter-departmental Preparation Team for Kai Tak Sports Park Commissioning.
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, officiated at the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance Presentation Ceremony today (July 23) to present award certificates to two award-winning teams, namely the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Search and Rescue Team to quake-stricken areas in Myanmar in March 2025 and the Inter-departmental Preparation Team for Kai Tak Sports Park Commissioning. Photo shows representatives of the HKSAR Search and Rescue Team, (from left) dog handler of the Search and Rescue Dog Team of the Fire Services Department Mr Chiang Tin-long; Government Security Officer of the Security Bureau Mr Wilson Wong; the Commander of the HKSAR Search and Rescue Team, Mr Cheu Yu-kok; and Immigration Officer of the Immigration Department Mr Wong Yui-ching, sharing their experiences and feelings on the rescue mission at the ceremony.
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, officiated at the Chief Executive's Award for Exemplary Performance Presentation Ceremony today (July 23) to present award certificates to two award-winning teams, namely the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Search and Rescue Team to quake-stricken areas in Myanmar in March 2025 and the Inter-departmental Preparation Team for Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) Commissioning. Photo shows representatives of the Inter-departmental Preparation Team for KTSP Commissioning, (from left) the Division Commander (Ngau Tau Kok) of the Hong Kong Police Force, Ms Chan Shuk-ping; Assistant Secretary of the Security Bureau Ms Carol Chan; Assistant Secretary of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau Mr Henry Mak; Chief Executive Officer of the Civil Service Bureau Miss Elaine Ip; and Chief Transport Officer of the Transport Department Miss Marie Sin, sharing their experiences and feelings on the preparation of the opening of the KTSP.