(8 February, 2008 – Hong Kong) – Mission Hills Group, the world’s leading integrated deluxe leisure resort operator, Mission Hills Golf Club, China, the world’s pre-eminent golf venue with 12 critically-acclaimed golf courses and Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd., a leading Hong Kong construction firm and business unit of Mission Hills Group today announces their delight in exclusively sponsoring Hong Kong’s 2008 Lunar New Year Fireworks Extravaganza.

Thanks to a 7 million HKD donation, beginning at 8 p.m. on 8 February the skies above Hong Kong and Victoria Harbour will be illuminated with a fireworks display unlike any ever seen to commemorate both the Year of the Rat and Hong Kong’s proud role as host of the equestrian events for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Dr. David Chu, Chairman, Mission Hills Group, will preside over the festivities from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Dr. Chu, a Hong Kong native, served as a Strategic Advisor to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Bid Committee and was a driving force behind making China’s Olympic dreams a reality.

“Mission Hills is honoured to celebrate both the Lunar New Year and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an event that will mark the beginning of a new era in our nation’s long and storied history,” remarks Dr. Chu. “It will open the world’s eyes to how much China has changed in recent years and showcase all that it has to offer.”

The 2008 Beijing Olympics will be the first Olympic Games ever hosted by China. Dr. Chu believes that it presents the perfect occasion to introduce the world to a new China.

“I am a firm believer that sport is an ideal vehicle to bridge cultural gaps,” says Dr. Chu, who in addition to his duties as Chairman of the Mission Hills Group is the Vice-Chairman of the China Football Association, China Tennis Association and China Volleyball Association, and also an Advisor to the China Cycling Association.

“The Olympics is the largest and most-important sporting event in the world, and China could not ask for a better opportunity to alter perceptions and promote change.”

Dr. Chu continues, “Hong Kong’s integral role as host of the equestrian events is emblematic of how the spirit of cooperation fostered by the Olympics will reach well beyond Beijing and be felt in each and every region of our great country, as well as the four corners of the globe.”

Dr. Chu will be joined by many dignitaries, including the Honourable Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen GBM, Chief Executive of the HKSAR of the People’s Republic of China; Mr. Zheng Kun-Sheng, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office, Central People’s Government of the HKSAR; and Mr. Lu Xin-Hua, Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR.

The 10-scene, 23-minute program will feature approximately 40,000 pyrotechnics launched from four barges in the centre of Victoria Harbour, one more barge than had been used for the universally lauded Mission Hills-sponsored National Day Celebrations in 2006. This 25 percent increase in firepower will make the 2008 event that much more spectacular.

The fireworks will be accompanied by music from genres as diverse as traditional classical and contemporary pop. Notably, scenes five through seven of the program will be devoted to Hong Kong’s role as host of the equestrian competition.