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Take part in the HSBC Women’s Champions Roadshow – a five-day event offering golf, fun and great prizes in the heart of the city Singapore, 18 January 2008 -- SINGAPORE, 18 January 2008 – In the build-up to the inaugural HSBC Women’s Champions, HSBC is holding a five-day golf roadshow in the heart of the city. From Monday 21st to Friday 25th January 2008, the public is invited to join in the fun at the HSBC Women’s Champions Roadshow at Raffles Place, with attractive prizes and tickets to watch the HSBC Women’s Champions to be won. In addition, 15-year-old amateur golfer Amelia Yong, who will be the first Singaporean in history to compete in an LPGA-sanctioned event after winning the local qualifying competition to clinch a place in the HSBC Women’s Champions field, and Radio 91.3 DJ Rod Monteiro, will make special appearances at the roadshow. Guy Harvey-Samuel, CEO, HSBC Singapore, said, “As a clear demonstration of our commitment to being ‘Champions of Golf Worldwide’, we aim to deliver a taste of the golfing experience to a wider spectrum of the local community through the HSBC Women’s Champions Roadshow.” The HSBC Women’s Champions, which will boast a prize fund of US$2 million, has already been described by American superstar Natalie Gulbis as “the first Major” of 2008 and “the first Major in Asia”. To date, Annika Sorenstam, Se-Ri Pak, Natalie Gulbis, Ai Miyazato, Paula Creamer and Suzann Pettersen are the latest star players to confirm they will be competing for the coveted HSBC Women’s Champions trophy at Singapore’s Tanah Merah Country Club from 28 February to 2 March 2008. For HSBC customers, avid golf fans and even non-golfers, the roadshow offers a preview of the HSBC Women’s Champions tented village experience with golf-related activities. They will also be the first to see the actual trophy on display and savour HSBC’s very own ‘Champions Sundae’ created by Haagen-Dazs especially for the tournament. “The excitement is building as the clock counts down to the inaugural HSBC Women’s Champions and the roadshow is an excellent taste of what is to come. We are privileged to be hosting a world-class women’s golf event in Singapore – the biggest and best ever staged in Asia – which gives more Singaporeans an opportunity to witness some of the game’s global superstars in action.” Harvey-Samuel added. For more information on the HSBC Women’s Champions, please visit http://www.hsbcgolf.com . About HSBC: 1. HSBC Holdings plc The HSBC Group is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. The Group has about 10,000 offices in 82 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, serves over 125 million customers and has assets of US$1,861 billion at 31 December 2006. 2. HSBC in Singapore The HSBC Group’s history in Singapore dates back to 1877 when its founding member, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, opened its first branch. Today, HSBC has 11 branches incorporating 5 Premier centres, 34 automated teller machines in Singapore. A qualifying full bank, HSBC in Singapore offers a comprehensive range of services including personal and commercial banking, investment and private banking, insurance, forfaiting and trustee services, securities and capital markets services. 3. About IMG IMG is the world's premier Sports, Entertainment and Media Company. IMG is a diversified global business with two major business segments: IMG Sports & Entertainment, and IMG Media. IMG employs more than 2,600 people in 30 countries. Forstmann Little & Co. purchased IMG in 2004. IMG Sports & Entertainment includes: consulting services; event ownership and management; fashion events and models representation; licensing; golf course design; client representation in golf, tennis, broadcasting, speakers, European football, rugby, cricket, motorsports, coaching, Olympic sports and action sports. In addition, IMG Academies is the world's largest and most advanced, stateof- the-art, multi-sport training and educational facility, delivering world-class sports training experiences to over 12,000 junior, collegiate, adult and professional athletes each year. IMG Media, which includes our content production subsidiaries TWI, Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) and Tiger Aspect Productions (TAP), is recognized as a global leader in the delivery of traditional and new media content and services, with Internet, broadband and mobile expertise, transforming how audiences access and interact with content. IMG Media produces and distributes over 11,000 hours of sports, documentary, drama, comedy, entertainment, popular factual and children’s content annually, over multiple platforms across 220 countries, including award-winning television and radio programming. It also represents the broadcast rights to many of the world's premier sporting events and has the world’s biggest sports archive with more than 250,000 hours of footage. More information about IMG is available at http://www.imgworld.com Media Contacts: Hill & Knowlton for HSBC Mei Ling Wee Tel: (65) 6390 3321 or (65) 9843 1704 / Email: Fulford Public Relations for IMG Sheila Rasu Tel: (65) 6324 2269 or (65) 9828 7426 / Email: Submitted by H&K on Friday, 18 January 2008 at 4:12 PM Category: Sports & Fitness |
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