Kulandela umsubathi wokuqala wezemidlalo eqhweni waseHong Kong, u-Arabella Ng, kuma-Olimpiki Wasebusika e-Pyeongchang 2018, i-Club Med kanye ne-Ski Association yase-Hong Kong basayine ngokusemthethweni isivumelwano sokusebenzisana seminyaka emine, ngenkathi bememezela iqembu lokuqala lase-Hong Kong ngethemba lokuthumela iqembu elilandelayo. Umdlalo Wasebusika e-Beijing 2022 nangale kwalokho.
Ubambiswano lunikeza i-Ski Association ukufinyelela ezindaweni zokungcebeleka ze-Club Med nasezikhungweni zokuqeqesha emhlabeni wonke ngenhloso yokukhulisa ukubamba iqhaza kwezemidlalo eqhweni edolobheni ezingeni eliphezulu kanye nasemazingeni aphansi.
I-Ski Association yase-Hong Kong yasungulwa ngo-2003 ukuze ikhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa kwezemidlalo yeqhwa e-Hong Kong. Senze umbono wokuthumela iqembu lezigwegwe eziningi eBeijing ngo-2022 ngezinhlelo zokuthumela abanye babasubathi abangu-14 abasanda kuqanjwa baseHong Kong emiqhudelwaneni ye-International Ski Federation kanye ne-Asian Ski Federation emhlabeni wonke.
Umsubathi ngamunye, ophakathi kweminyaka engu-13 nengu-21, uhlolwa yi-Ski Association yase-Hong Kong, abanye ngokusekelwa yi-Club Med futhi babalwa ngokwamakhono. Abangcono kakhulu bese bekhethwa eqenjini lesizwe abanethemba elingaba khona lokubamba iqhaza okushintsha impilo ezingeni eliphezulu emikhakheni abayikhethile kusukela ku-alpine skiing kuya ku-snowboarding.
“Ukwakhiwa kweqembu lezemidlalo leqhwa laseHong Kong kusithathe iminyaka engu-15 yokuzikhandla. Sijabule ngokukhethwa kweqembu lokuqala elizomela i-Hong Kong nokusekelwa yiClub Med ukwenza lokhu kwenzeke,” kusho u-Edmund Yue, uSihlalo we-Ski Association yase-Hong Kong. “Laba bantu abasha banamaphupho nezifiso zokuba bakhulu! Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuthuthuka wukuthanda umdlalo wabo futhi unamathele kuwo. Ngobambiswano lwe-Club Med, sifeza amaphupho abo, futhi sinesibindi sokuphupha uhambo lwama-Olympic nangale kwalokho! Okubaluleke kakhulu manje ukuthi iqembu lenze elikuthandayo, lifunde futhi lijabule zonke izinsuku.”
I-Club Med, umholi wamaholidi eqhwa e-Premium All-Inclusive emhlabeni wonke, ilinganisela ukuthi cishe ama-Hongkongers angu-200,000 kuya ku-300,000 aya endaweni okuyiwa kuyo ebusika minyaka yonke, okuyenza ibe ngeyodwa yamazinga aphezulu kakhulu okubamba iqhaza komuntu ngamunye emhlabeni.
USebastien Portes, iMenenja Jikelele yaseHong Kong naseTaiwan, uthe: “Edolobheni elingenalo iqhwa noma izintaba, sijabule ngokuba ekuqaleni kohambo lwalaba basubathi abasebasha. Njengoba sinabashwibi abaningi kangaka nabashwiba eqhweni, sibheke ngabomvu ukusekela abasubathi abahamba phambili abazomela i-Hong Kong.”
“Lobu budlelwano buhambisana neClub Med njengoba sithuthukisa lawa mathalente asemancane ohambweni lwayo. Sinephothifoliyo ekhulayo yezindawo zokungcebeleka zeqhwa ezingu-23 emazweni amahlanu kusukela e-Hokkaido kuya e-Alps, okungesinye sezikole ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni zokushushuluza, kanye nokufinyelela endaweni eyinselele yezindawo zethimba lase-Hong Kong elizoziqeqesha kuzo, okuhlanganisa nezindawo zama-Olympic zangaphambili nezizayo, ' wanezela.
Ubambiswano lweminyaka emine phakathi kwe-Ski Association yaseHong Kong neClub Med kunikeza:
- Ukufinyelela kweqembu laseHong Kong nabafundisi kuzinsiza ze-Club Med, izinto zokusebenza, ukudla kanye nama-ski edlula emhlabeni wonke kabili ngonyaka
- Ukufinyelela okukhethekile ezikhungweni namazinga akhethekile ohambo lwesikole olune lwaseHong Kong oluzosetshenziswa ukuhlonza amathalente esikhathi esizayo.
- Uxhaso lwelogo ye-ski uniform
- Ukusekelwa kokuhlolwa kunoma yimuphi umsubathi wesikhathi esizayo weqembu lase-Hong Kong
Ukwakhiwa kohambo lwe-Interschools olusekelwa i-Club Med nakho kuklanyelwe ukusiza umphakathi wezemidlalo yeqhwa wase-Hong Kong ngokuqeqeshwa okuqhubekayo ngokubandakanyeka kwabaqeqeshi abaqeqeshiwe. Iqembu le-Interschools lifundisa izingane ukuthi zikwazi kahle okuyisisekelo, zifunde imininingwane yamasu athuthukile, kuyilapho liqaphela ukuthi umdlali ngamunye usohambweni lwakhe olukhethekile, nethalente elingcono kakhulu elihlonzwe emqhudelwaneni wamazwe ngamazwe wesikhathi esizayo eqenjini lase-Hong Kong.