The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels (HKETO, Brussels) is one of the main sponsors of the 2023 Run & Bike event to be held by non-profit sports organiser BIN in Vilvoorde, Belgium on 7 January 2023.
Participants are members of the diplomatic community, the business sector and European and international institutions and their families. The 125 teams will each be composed of one runner and one mountain biker, and the event will comprise 8-kilometre and 16-kilometre races, as well as family and children's races.
The Assistant Representative of the HKETO, Brussels, Miss Annie Loong, will officiate at the annual cosmopolitan sports event, which is an opportunity to promote Hong Kong as a green, dynamic and healthy international city.
Hong Kong possesses some of the world's most spectacular hiking and mountain bike trails located in its beautiful country parks, which together with nature reserves make up 40% of Hong Kong's territory. Hong Kong is a sports-friendly city which hosts a large number of major sports events throughout the year.