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Swimming around Hong Kong Island: Edie Hu attempts to circle the city for charity and become first woman to try since 1976

Edie Hu will swim 45 kilometres around Hong Kong Island for the charity Splash that teaches domestic helpers and underprivileged children to swim

‘I keep telling myself it’s a walk in the park’ – but Simon Holliday is swimming 45km around Hong Kong Island

Briton hoping to raise HK$1 million for his Splash Foundation, a charity providing free swimming lessons for the city’s under-resourced community

英漢游港島一圈創紀錄 12小時32分完成　籌百萬助基層

泳手完成圍繞香港島暢泳一圈壯舉！居港英籍泳手39歲的Simon Holliday，昨凌晨3時從西環泳棚出發，挑戰繞港島游一圈目標。

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英籍泳手45公里環島游　12小時到達終點創壯舉

Two years in the planning …

British expat is greeted by well wishers after toiling through the night to complete epic feat to raise money for the underprivileged – now for that beer

South China Morning Post

Simon Holliday will attempt the 45km route on November 11 to raise HK$1 million for charity group Splash, which teaches domestic workers to swim.

Horizons Magazine

Today’s world prioritises speed. Turbo-jet ferries are the preferred travel choice between Hong Kong and Macau, and until a bridge is built, only helicopters can make the 35km Pearl River Delta crossing faster.

Macau Daily Times

None of the cameras, reporters and police on the beach seemed to disturb the holidaymakers, who showed no interest in what was happening.

X Life Magazine

South China Morning Post

Holliday in hell – try a perilous passage to Macau

South China Morning Post

On May 24, 35-year-old Simon Holliday completed the Clean Cross, an epic 35km swim from Hong Kong to Macau to raise awareness and support for marine conservation.