Hong Kong Cross Harbour Race is a physically demanding sports event, requiring both a tactical and technical approach to achieve the best outcome. Racing across the Victoria Harbour, it perfectly blends both natural and metropolitan experience together. Held in conjunction with the 5th Asian Open Water Swimming Championships in 2012, the New World Harbour Race was recognized as a “M Mark†Event and had attracted over 1,600 contestants including swimming elites all over Asia to swim across theVictoria Harbour from Sam Ka Tsuen Public Landing to Sai Wan Ho Harbour Park.