Overview
- Sunday’s Sha Tin card will run behind closed doors with only owners, stewards, voting members and invited guests present, and there will be no sponsors.
- All gross income from the meeting, estimated at about HK$70 million, will go to support victims in consultation with the government.
- Tributes include a minute’s silence and jockeys wearing black armbands, with no live music and only essential services at off-course branches.
- The measures add to an initial HK$100 million donation from the HKJC Charities Trust, with refunds offered for racecourse and off-course reservations.
- The Mark Six draw has been postponed with tickets remaining valid, and authorities have opened a criminal investigation with media reporting three arrests on suspicion of manslaughter.