People & Purpose Theatre
Beyond the Burn: Rethinking Sports in Hong Kong’s Boiling Era
12 Sep (Fri) Day 2 : 15:40 – 16:20
As Hong Kong faces record-breaking temperatures and prolonged heatwaves, the city’s sports culture and public health are under threat. From cancelled youth training sessions to heatstroke risks for outdoor workers, extreme heat is disrupting lives and livelihoods. This panel to discuss how rising temperatures are altering sports participation, safety and development. The disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups and innovative solutions to adapt sports participation.
Speakers
Moderator
Moraine Chan
APAC development
Laureus Sport For Good
Moraine Chan
Laureus Sport For Good
APAC development
Moraine is currently engaged with the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation in partnerships, fundraising, and development for the Asia-Pacific region. Coming from a strong sporting heritage, her journey began as a junior national track and field athlete, a key contributor to her passion for pursuing sustainable sport for development and youth empowerment.
Throughout her professional career, Moraine has extensive experience in commercial marketing and event management, giving her opportunities to collaborated with commercial brands and National Sports Associations in Hong Kong, including M-Mark events, and many other local and regional sports initiatives and events. Presently, she serves as a trusted advisor for several sports and youth development NGOs, including the Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates, Hong Kong Water Sports Council, and The Hong Kong Award for Young People, actively contributing to development endeavours in Hong Kong. Fuelled by a profound passion for instigating positive transformations, Moraine strive to harness the unifying influence of sports to reshape communities.
Rocky Chow
Executive Director
Rugby For Good
Rocky Chow
Rugby For Good
Executive Director
Rocky is a sports industry leader and Executive Director of Rugby For Good, Hong Kong’s first Section 88-approved sports charity, empowering underrepresented youth through rugby-based social inclusion and wellbeing initiatives. Since joining Hong Kong China Rugby (HKCR) in 2015, he has driven community growth, holding roles as Chief Community Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, and General Manager of Marketing, managing strategic and operational facets of the organization.
With 20+ years of operational expertise, Rocky bridges commercial strategy and grassroots impact, refined through senior leadership at global fitness chains, including a 16-year tenure at California Fitness. A trailblazer in Hong Kong rugby, he made history as one of the first local players in the first-division Tigers RFC and later represented the Hong Kong Dragons on international tours in the 1990s.
His legacy merges sport, business, and social change, leveraging rugby as a catalyst for equitable community development.
My Sustainability Goals for 2025
- Champion Green Sports Practices for our events in Hong Kong.
- Using sport as a tool to enhance social and emotional development for children and youth in Hong Kong.
Christine Loh
Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Christine Loh
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment
Christine Loh is Chief Development Strategist at Institute for the Environment at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Scholar in Residence at Asia Society Hong Kong (2023-25). She serves on the boards of New Forests Pty Limited, and Towngas Smart Energy. She is a published author of many academic and popular works.
My Sustainability Goals for 2025:
To develop transdisciplinary studies with real world context.
Speaking at:
Day 1
Advances in Climate Science: Fine-Scale Projection for Managing Extreme Risks in Asia’s CitiesDay 2
Rethinking Water: Securing Hong Kong’s Liquid Lifeline Beyond the Burn: Rethinking Sports in Hong Kong’s Boiling Era Financing for Nature: Investing in Biodiversity Across the Indo-Pacific Corridor The Great Debate: This House Believes AI is the Most Impactful Tool in a Business’s Sustainability StrategySupported by
Laureus Sport For Good
Laureus Sport for Good currently supports more than 275 programmes in over 50 countries that use the power of sport to transform lives. Founded in response to Nelson Mandela’s challenge, issued at the first Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco in 2000, that “sport has the power to change the world”, our vision is to use sport as a powerful and cost-effective tool to help children and young people
Products, Services & Solutions
- Charity/NGO