Community Outreach Event: Discover TST Heritage Challenge & SAC Fair

A hidden gem in Tsimshatsui and one of Hong Kong’s UNESCO award-winning cultural heritage sites, St Andrew’s Church organised a family-friendly “Discover Tsimshatsui Heritage Challenge” on 1 December 2012. The event was open to the public and combines an all-age orienteering competition in Kowloon Park with an exploration of Tsimshatsui’s history.

More than 600 people came, including 311 competitors for the orienteering tournament. Many more people also got to know our church through coverage in the Chinese language media. There were over 30 booths and there were free guided tours about the church’s past, present and future, and its architectural characteristics. The highlight of the Heritage Challenge was the prize presentation ceremony, which will be held in the old church building with original stained glass windows from 1906.

Proceeds of the event went towards supporting the building of a new Life Centre in front of the heritage site.