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Hong Kong students run round 400m track for 12 hours, raising money for anti-slavery charity

  • Hongkongers started a 24-hour race in 2010, which now takes place in 14 cities around the world
  • The race has been cut in half this time because of permit issues, but will return to its full length in November

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The Hong Kong 24 hour race usually tales place on the peak - it has been moved and reduced to 12 hours due to permit issues. Photo: Running to Stop the Traffik

Hundreds of Hong Kong schoolchildren will run round a 400m track for 12 hours on Saturday, as they aim to raise money for an anti-slavery charity.

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Instead of doing a set distance as fast as possible, the runners will go as far as possible in the time allowed, competing in teams of eight, with one member on the track at all times while the others rest.

There will be two winners, the team that goes the furthest and the team that raised the most money for the Running To Stop The Traffik charity.

Usually a 24-hour event around The Peak, this year it has moved because of permit restrictions related to Covid-19 and will now be held at Hong Kong Island School, with the race starting at 8.30am.

“It will be quite nice as it’s just a circle, so people will have to mingle,” Ava Singer, one of the race directors, said. “Plus, we’ll have loads of entertainment. I think it’s a great time to meet kids from other schools too.”

Organised by the pupils themselves, 16-year-old Singer is one severa teenagers on the committee.

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