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中 國 建 設 銀 行 ( 亞 洲 ) 股 份 有 限 公 司 新 聞 稿 Press Release China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CCB (Asia) Title-sponsors “Lifeline Express CCB (Asia) Charity Run/Walk” for the 7th Consecutive Year Raising Funds for "Lifeline Express Eye-train Hospital" for Helping Underprivileged Cataract Patients in Mainland China Regaining Eyesight Hong Kong – September 20, 2017 – China Construction Bank (Asia) [“CCB (Asia)”] has been title- sponsoring “Lifeline Express CCB (Asia) Charity Run/Walk” organized by Lifeline Express and co- organized by the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club for 7 consecutive years. The event will be held at 9am on Nov 25, 2017 (Sat) in the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. The press conference was held at CCB Tower this afternoon. Mr Jiang Xianzhou, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CCB (Asia), said, “CCB (Asia) was originated from "The Bank of Canton", the first bank in Hong Kong established by Chinese in 1912. This year is the 105th anniversary of CCB (Asia). By sponsoring and supporting different large scale community activities, CCB (Asia) takes real actions contributing to society and actively fulfilling its corporate social responsibility over the past century. CCB (Asia) calls for all your support to participate in this meaningful charity activity, raising funds for patients in need to provide them with eyesight restoring treatments. The activity also energizes families of the beneficiaries, passing on love and hope to people.” Mr. Fong Ching, Chairman of Lifeline Express Hong Kong Foundation, mentioned, “Starting from 1997, Lifeline Express Hospital Eye-train has been serving the community for 20 years. With the ardent support from all walks of life, the Eye-train has helped over 180,000 underprivileged cataract patients to regain eyesight. “Lifeline Express CCB (Asia) Charity Run/Walk” is one of the important annual fund raising activities for the Eye-train. With the faith of “Love starts with small steps, every step is full of hope”, we believe that participants’ positive energy in exercises would transform to love which helps patients in need. We also hope that this activity would strengthen the cohesion among families, friends and colleagues and would become an activity in which all of them look forward to every year.” Ms Guo Jingjing and Mr Li Xiaopeng, Olympic Gold Medalists and ambassadors of the charity run/walk, shared their parenting experience in the press conference. Participating in various charity activities, the two ambassadors have become role models for their children on sharing love with others. Mr Li Xiaopeng mentioned that doing exercises can bring health to participants and joining this charity run/walk can also provide underprivileged cataract patients with the opportunity to regain eyesight. He called for public support on this meaningful activity. - more - 中 國 建 設 銀 行 ( 亞 洲 ) 股 份 有 限 公 司 新 聞 稿 Press Release China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited Continued from Page 1 Details of “Lifeline Express CCB (Asia) Charity Run/Walk 2017” Date November 25, 2017 (Saturday) Location The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club (Starting point and Finish Point) – Tai Au Mun Road (Turning Point) Time 9am Categories: Men’s & Women’s 10km Charity Run (Age 18 or above)、 5km Charity Walk (All ages) Enquiries 2861 0862 Website www.lxcharityrunwalk.org.hk (For enrolments, please visit the above website. Enrolment deadline is Oct 15. Enrolments will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis with limited seats. Register now! Apart from title sponsoring the charity run/walk, CCB (Asia) also presents cash shopping vouchers to winners of the charity run to encourage citizens’ participation and reward runners with outstanding performance. Top 20 winners in Men’s Charity Run and top 10 winners in Women’s Charity Run would be awarded with up to HKD2,000 shopping vouchers. Trophy would be presented to the charity walk team with the largest number of participating members. To show its full support to staff taking part in the charity run/walk, CCB (Asia) continues to present “CCB (Asia) Cup” to the most outstanding staff runners in Men’s Group and Women’s Group. Besides, there will be “Rainbow Carnival” after the run, with numerous game booths and snack booths at the venue, bringing a happy weekend to all participants. Photo 1: Mr Jiang Xianzhou, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CCB (Asia) (Left), presents a HKD1 million cheque to “Lifeline Express”, wishing the charity run/walk a big success. - more - 中 國 建 設 銀 行 ( 亞 洲 ) 股 份 有 限 公 司 新 聞 稿 Press Release China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited Continued from Page 2 Photo 2: Mr Jiang Xianzhou, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CCB (Asia) (Fourth from Left), Mr Guo Zhipeng, Deputy Chief Executive of CCB (Asia) (Third from Left), Mr Fong Ching, Chairman of Lifeline Express Hong Kong Foundation (Centre), Mrs Nellie Fong, Founding Chairman of Lifeline Express and Chairman of its Organizing Committee (Third from Right), Mr Wong Fan Feng, Vice-Chairman of Lifeline Express and Vice-Chairman of its Organizing Committee (First from Right), Mr Chan Ming Yiu, Vice-Chairman of Lifeline Express and Vice-Chairman of its Organizing Committee (First from Left), Mr Wong Kwai Huen, Vice-Chairman of the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club (Fourth from Right), and Ms Guo Jingjing (Second from Left) and Mr Li Xiaopeng (Second from Right), the two ambassadors and Olympic Gold Medalists, together turn the rolling plates to show the event logo, signifying to help underprivileged cataract patients in Mainland China restoring vision. About China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited [“CCB (Asia)”] is the retail and commercial business platform of China Construction Bank Corporation in Hong Kong. As of Aug 31, 2017, CCB (Asia) has 50 branches in Hong Kong and offers a wide array of banking products and services to customers, including consumer banking services, commercial banking services, corporate banking services, private banking services and cross-border financial services, etc. For more information about CCB (Asia), please visit www.asia.ccb.com. -End- .