The local government has set up an organising committee for the 15th National Games to be held in 2025, according to an executive order signed by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng that was gazetted yesterday.
According to the order, which takes effect today, the committee will be headed by the government’s policy secretary for social affairs and culture (Elsie Ao Ieong U), with the president of the Sports Bureau (Pun Weng Kun) as secretary general and the two vice presidents of the bureau as deputy secretary generals.
The secretary general will be tasked with liaising with the General Administration of Sport of China and the sports departments of Guangdong province as well as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), which will co-host the event with Macau. It will be the first time that the National Games will be co-hosted by the countries’ two SARs.
Other members of the committee include representatives from Macau’s health, tourism, police, customs and transport authorities. The quadrennial National Games have been held since 1959.
