何冠聰

English

Ho Kwun Chung is a Hong Kong Go administrator and player, holding a 5-dan rank and serving as secretary of the Hong Kong Go Association. He has long been involved in the association's work, explaining that, with the support of its successive presidents, the body secured a permanent venue of about 150 square metres in Lai Chi Kok and has sent Hong Kong teams to amateur events in mainland Chinese cities and in Japan and South Korea, strengthening exchanges with overseas Go communities, while also arranging guidance sessions for local enthusiasts. In 2023 he was appointed a team official of the Hong Kong, China Go squad for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Go had first been an official Asian Games sport at Guangzhou in 2010 and returned to the programme only in 2023; at the Hangzhou Games the sport featured individual, men's team and women's team events, held at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall. The territory's men's team, comprising the 6-dan players Chan Nai-san and Chan Chi-hin and the 5-dan players Wu Chun-yin, Chan Ka-ho, Ho Ho-yin and Ho Kwai-cheung, placed fifth in the preliminaries, with Chan Nai-san and Chan Chi-hin also contesting the men's individual event, while the women's team of Kan Ying, Lau Yu Yan, Li Lok Yee and Yeung Sin-kei finished fourth. He is also listed among Hong Kong's 5-dan players.