Singer Alex Fong raises over US$1 million for charity by swimming around Hong Kong Island

Former Olympian and Canto-pop star Alex Fong Lik-sun has raised more than HK$8 million (US$1 million) for a local charity by swimming around Hong Kong Island. 

The beneficiary, “A Drop of Life”, works to provide drinking water for impoverished communities in China, Nepal, and Cambodia. 

The 39-year-old celebrity swimmer says “education can eliminate poverty” and that having access to clean water is a basic start for children to study better.