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2025 National Games: real-name ticket system may be used, Hong Kong office says

Yeung Tak-keung of National Games Coordination Office also says tickets to range in price from a few dozen Hong Kong dollars up to about HK$500

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Hong Kong’s Kan Yik-man scores in the National Games Men Handball Test Event in February. Photo: Elson Li

Hong Kong’s coordination office for the National Games is studying whether to adopt a real-name system for tickets at prices ranging from a few dozen Hong Kong dollars up to about HK$500 (US$64).

Yeung Tak-keung, head of the National Games Coordination Office, said on Saturday that tickets would be sold from August on a unified platform for events to be held in the city, Macau and Guangdong province in November.

“It is estimated that the ticket prices will range from a few dozen dollars to about HK$500 at most, depending on the event, such as the preliminary or final round, and also the number of seats,” he said on a televised programme.

“We will try our best to set the ticket price to a level that is acceptable to all residents.”

Yeung said the local office was discussing ticketing details with authorities from Macau and Guangdong, including whether a real-name system would be used as well as other measures to combat scalpers.

“Whether the tickets could be transferred, whether to use a real-name system and how to crack down on scalpers will all be carefully considered,” he said, adding that more details would be released later.

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