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From left: CENTRAL Rat Race 2006 mascot, Mr Rat; Michael Hobson,
Senior Vice-president, Sales & Marketing, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Neil
McNamara, Governor and Steering Committee Member, MINDSET, Nicholas
Sallnow-Smith, Chief Executive, Hongkong Land, Wu Chor Nam, JP, Vice
Chairman of Central & Western District Council, and Raymond Chow, Executive
Director, Hongkong Land, share exciting moments at the CENTRAL Rat Race 2006
press conference.
（左起）吉祥物鼠大班、文華東方酒店集團銷售及市務高級副總裁賀百新、「思健」董事及執委會委員麥理文、置地公司行政總裁蘇兆明、中西區區議會副主席胡楚南、置地公司執行董事周明祖主持「鼠戰中環二ΟΟ六」發佈會。
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Hongkong Land Introduces Central Rat Race to Support MINDSET
Hongkong Land is to introduce rat-racing to Central in Hong Kong's inaugural Rat Race 2006, a team-relay and obstacle-ridden contest based on the annual 'Rat Race' events in New York and Toronto. All proceeds from the event will go to MINDSET.
For the event which will take place in October, Hongkong Land will turn a large part of Central into a rat-track of some 2.5 kilometres, with aptly-named race sectors or legs, such as 'Fast Track', 'Job Maze', 'Corporate Ladder' and 'Watch your Back'. The humour-laced event will see Rat Race runners, dressed in business attire and carrying briefcases as batons, overcome obstacles as they dash around, much as is demanded by today's tough corporate environment. The final leg requires participants to sit on boardroom chairs on Chater Road while their partners push them to the finishing line.
"We are very pleased that MINDSET has been chosen as the beneficiary of the Rat Race," said Neil McNamara, Governor and Steering Committee Member of MINDSET. "This event will provide busy executives with an opportunity to have healthy fun in support of a worthwhile cause, and, importantly, help to promote the awareness of mental health issues in Hong Kong."
A maximum of 60 eight-member teams will be accepted for the event. In addition to the Rat Race, a senior executive from each participating team will be eligible to take part in the 'Big Rat Race', which covers a shorter route. Each team will be required to make a donation of HK$50,000 to MINDSET for the Rat Race with an additional HK$10,000 for the Big Rat Race.
置地主辦「鼠戰中環」以支持「思健」
置地集團把紐約及多倫多等地每年均舉行的「鼠戰」引入香港，主辦「鼠戰中環二ΟΟ六」接力障礙賽，寓體育競技於慈善，籌得的善款將全數捐給「思健」，用作推廣精神健康之用。
首屆「鼠戰中環」將於本年十月舉行，置地會把中區大部份地方化為賽道，全程約二點五公里，劃分成不同賽段，各有不同的競技項目，包括「成功之始．踏步上征途」、「衝出迷『工』．尋覓新方向」、「衝上雲霄．力爭再上遊」及「一觸即發．富貴險中求」等，名字均別出心裁、有趣幽默。參賽者要穿著一身行政人員裝束，並以公事包代替接力棒，跨越障礙，避開陷阱，鬥智鬥力一如處身現代職場。比賽最後賽段位於遮打道，參賽者要坐在大班椅讓隊友鬥快將他們推過終點衝線。
「思健」董事及執委會委員麥理文說：「我們很高興『思健』被選為『鼠戰』善款的受益團體。這項活動可為忙碌的行政人員提供一個既可享受健康遊戲又可做善事的機會。最重要是，它有助推廣香港對精神健康的重視。」
「鼠戰中環二ΟΟ六」最多接受六十支隊伍參加，每隊須有八名成員，並可從中選出一名高級行政人員在賽道較短的「鼠王爭霸戰」項目中角逐「鼠王」寶座。各參賽隊伍均須籌款最少港幣五萬元。要參與「鼠王爭霸戰」則須額外捐出港幣一萬元。 |
