Translator: Zoe Zeng
On the night of May 24, Taihe Palace Square of the Qinggong Yuan in the Hengdian World Studios became more shining than usual because of the public welfare. “Fly• dream” Peter Ho/Hengdian World Studios Charity Invitational Tournament, which was initiated by Peter Ho, the famous actor, and Hengdian World Studios, ended successfully and collected more than 300 thousand yuan for the FLFC project. Many Stars from the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong participated in the tournament, including Peter Ho, Jam Hsiao, Li Xiang, Allen Su, Jason Tang, He Xin, Zhang Yuan, Michael Zhang and Zhang Qingpeng, who urged people to support FLFC activities and pay attention to the the left-behind children in the Chinese poor mountainous areas.
Eight teams were invited to this competition, including Taiwan Amateur Champions Association, Shanghai Nike Team, Nomad Team A, Magpie Team, Beijing FBA Team, Beijing HIBA Team and Hengdian World Studios Team. In addition, Taiwan Zhonghe Middle School Basketball Team was specially invited to the competition. Zhonghe Middle School is a school which deserves people’s care in Taiwan, because all its students are from single-parent family.Before the competition, the star team had a friendly with the players from middle school. In the second day, these eight teams were separated into group A and B. After the fierce competition, Group A’s Taiwan Amateur Champions Association and group B’s Beijing HIBA Team, which was led by Li Xiang, the famous emcee, won the competition.
The wonderful competition lasted for three days and attracted fans from all around the country to get here and support it. The organizer also offered some special presents to the FLFC donors. Also audiences could show their donation certificates after donating 100 yuan to the FLFC Fund and then they could watch the competition on site and interact with the stars.
It was calculated after the activity that the competition had collected more than 300 thousand in total. Zhu Guozhong, the general manager of the Hengdian World Studios, promised in the speech of the medal presentation after the competition, that all the incomes of selling tickets and derivative product would be donate to Free Lunch for Children Fund. Su Zhefang, the deputy secretary of FLFC Fund, thanked Peter Ho, Hengdian World Studios and players from every team. At the same time, she said that this sum of money would be donated to a mountainous school directly in the future, so the students could be offered free lunches for two years. Moreover, initiator Peter Ho and leader of each team called for the continuous attention to the FLFC from the fans and encouraged fans to use phone to donate online, so that the loves of the public welfare basketball competition could keep on flowing.
Su Zhefang, the deputy secretary of FLFC Fund, sent a big golden bowl with a meaning of gathering love to initiator Peter Ho and general manager Zhu Guozhong at the opening ceremony.
At the closing ceremony, Peter Ho, Jam Hsiao, Li Xiang, Allen Su, He Xin, Michael Zhang and other stars lined up and thanked the fans.
The volunteer of the bazaar area was introducing FLFC to the fans.
“Rain God” Jam Hsiao made a lay up shot chicly.
Peter Ho, the initiator of the charity basketball competition, signed his name on the FLFC ceramic piggy bank.