Malls, TV gear up for Olympics

The city is ready to cheer for its Olympics athletes from a distance.

Shopping malls including Henderson's MCP CENTRAL & MCP DISCOVERY in Tseung Kwan O and MOSTown in Ma On Shan will see an array of events in cooperation with local TV stations to offer participants live feeds from Paris as the latter join each other watching photo exhibits of Hong Kong's Olympic stars and taking part in sports-themed workshops.

TVB and HOY TV will provide live coverage of the competitions respectively at the Henderson's two mega malls.

There, fans will also be able to discover limited-edition cheering prop sets consisting of big and small banners, headbands and fans for their use.

A 'pre-HIT' event will be held at the MOSTown, teaming up with HOY TV this Sunday.

A host of local athletes including star cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze, Asian Games silver medalist Yip Pui-yin, the city's first female figure skater to win at an international event Maisy Ma Hiu-ching and golfer Stephanie Ho Ngan-si will all be there.