Cricket Hong Kong has appointed The Honourable Geoffrey Ma Tao-li GBM QC SC as
Honorary President.
Mr Ma served as the Chief Justice of Hong Kong for
over 10 years before retiring in January 2021.
He is a recipient
of the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest award under the Hong Kong honours system, awarded in recognition of a person’s lifelong and
highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong.
“I feel very privileged to be
appointed as Cricket Hong Kong’s honorary president,” said
Geoffrey Ma. “I have been a
passionate cricket fan since my school days and the opportunity to
support Cricket Hong Kong to continue growing the game in the SAR
is something I am very excited about. Cricket reaches into every
corner of Hong Kong society and I look forward to watching at
close quarters the continued positive influence cricket has in the
community.”
Since introducing a new governance structure in
2019, Cricket Hong Kong has significantly expanded the number of
development programmes.
Participants come from across the Hong Kong community, from every
ethnic group and evenly spread across male and female players.
At
the elite level, the representative teams are amongst the highest
ranked of any Hong Kong teams in major international sport with
the men’s team participating in the last two T20 World Cup
tournaments.
Tony Melloy, Chairman of Cricket Hong Kong, said,
“We are incredibly proud to welcome Geoffrey Ma as Cricket Hong
Kong’s first Honorary President. Geoffrey has been an incredible
servant to Hong Kong over a long and distinguished career. This
service to Hong Kong combined with an infectious passion for
cricket makes him the perfect person to represent one of the SARs
fastest growing and most successful international sports. Cricket
plays an important role in Hong Kong society and we have plans to
continue growing at pace. We warmly welcome Geoffrey to the team
and will value his support and guidance greatly.”
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