[World Cup] "Surveillance and no gambling promotion plan"

Bar promotes anti-gambling message

The four-year World Cup, which fans all over the world look forward to, finally opened in Russia in June this year. However, with the rise of the football craze, the problem of football gambling has also arisen. In order to raise the public’s awareness of preventing gambling and avoid indulging in gambling, the Ping Wo Foundation, the Home Affairs Bureau and the Hong Kong Police Force jointly organized a "Bar Outreach Campaign". Visit the popular bar areas on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon on the 14th and 23rd to greet the World Cup with the public and promote anti-gambling messages.

For two consecutive nights, the organizer invited representatives from the Gaming and Lotteries Committee, Central and Western District, Wan Chai and Yau Tsim Mong District Fight Crime Committee, Wan Chai District Councillors and Yau Tsim Mong District Councillors to attend the event, and the police went to Lan Kwai Fong, Wan Chai Lockhart Road, Tsim Sha Tsui in Central The bars at Knutsford Terrace and Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok distributed anti-gambling leaflets and souvenirs to customers. Ye Zhendu, chairman of the Pinghe Fund Advisory Committee, said that many citizens like to go to the bar to enjoy the football game. Because they enjoy the lively atmosphere on the spot, they specially go to the bar to promote it, hoping to bring the message of "watching football and not gambling on football" to the fans. The guests present actively interacted with bar customers, and the person in charge of the bar even placed anti-gambling items in a prominent place in the store to assist in the promotion. Ye Zhen thinks that with everyone's support, the event has achieved remarkable results.

"Police News" Brother Ken performed on-site anti-gambling mini-series

The most special feature of this "Bar Outreach Campaign" is the invitation to the queen actor of "Police" and "Flower of Police" Ma Qinxi to perform mini-series on the evenings of June 14 and 23, respectively. The above and the next two episodes are relaxing. The story of the genre appeals to the public not to indulge in gambling and engage in illegal gambling. In order to target young target audiences, the Pinghe Fund also broadcasted anti-gambling miniseries on Facebook, extending the information about non-gambling to the Internet, so that young people can also enjoy the performance of the two and receive anti-gambling information.

The Chairman of the Ping Wo Fund Advisory Committee Yip Zhendu said that from March to September this year, the Ping Wo Fund and the Home Affairs Bureau co-organized a large-scale anti-gambling promotion activity in Hong Kong, the "Watching Football No Gambling Promotion Plan", at the local and regional levels. A number of events and publicity projects will be held, and online publicity will also be strengthened to increase public awareness of gambling disorders and promote the message of not being obsessed with gambling. The content of the plan includes a series of regional and territory-wide activities, such as mobile promotional vehicles, "Ball & Art Carnival", "Football" and football matches, etc., allowing the general public to participate for free.

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【世界盃】｢睇波不賭波推廣計劃｣ 酒吧宣揚抗賭信息

全球球迷望穿秋水的四年一度的世界盃，終於在今年六月於俄羅斯揭幕。然而隨著足球熱潮掀起，足球賭博問題也隨之衍生，為了提高市民的防賭意識，避免沉迷賭博，平和基金、民政事務局聯同香港警務處聯合舉辦「酒吧外展宣傳活動」，於6月14日及23日到訪港島及九龍熱門酒吧區，與市民一起迎接世界盃賽事，同時宣揚抗賭信息。

一連兩晚主辦單位邀請博彩及獎券事務委員會、中西區、灣仔及油尖旺區撲滅罪行委員會代表，灣仔區區議員及油尖旺區議員出席活動，與警方到中環蘭桂坊、灣仔駱克道、尖沙咀諾士佛臺及旺角通菜街的酒吧，向顧客派發抗賭單張和紀念品。平和基金諮詢委員會主席葉振都表示，不少市民喜歡到酒吧欣賞球賽，因為享受現場的熱鬧氣氛，所以特地到酒吧進行宣傳，希望可以將『睇波不賭波』的信息帶給球迷。到場嘉賓與酒吧顧客積極互動，酒吧負責人更將宣傳抗賭的物品放於店內當眼處協助宣傳，葉振都認為在大家的合力支持下，活動的成效顯著。

《警訊》堅哥即場演抗賭迷你劇

這次「酒吧外展宣傳活動」最特別之處是邀得《警訊》御用演員堅哥及「警訊之花」馬溱禧分別於6月14日及23日晚上演出迷你劇，以上下兩集輕鬆的劇情，呼籲市民不要沉迷賭博及進行非法賭博。而為了針對年輕的目標群眾，平和基金更在Facebook直播抗賭迷你劇，將不賭的信息延伸至網上，讓青少年也能欣賞兩人的演出，接收抗賭信息。

平和基金諮詢委員會主席葉振都表示，平和基金和民政事務局在今年3月至9月期間，聯合主辦全港大型抗賭推廣活動「睇波不賭波推廣計劃」，在全港及地區層面舉辦多場活動及宣傳項目，亦會加強在網上的宣傳力度，以提高公眾對賭博失調的認知和宣傳不迷賭的信息。計劃內容包括一連串地區及全港性活動，如流動宣傳車、「球‧藝嘉年華」、「『足』出世界佳績」及足球比賽等，讓廣大市民免費參與。