Rugby hero Salom Yiu battles Covid-19 with his new disinfectant business venture
- The long-serving Hong Kong team member is preparing for life after sport but is still setting his sights on the Olympic and World Series qualifiers
- Yiu hopes his disinfectant products can help keep this year’s Hong Kong Sevens safe
Salom Yiu Kam-shing is used to blazing through his opponents’ defences as a key member of Hong Kong’s rugby sevens team, but now he’s blazing a different trail as an entrepreneur trying to help the city battle the pandemic.
Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist Yiu has gone beyond his call of duty as he tries to do his bit to help his fellow athletes keep safe from Covid-19. He hopes Hong Kong will catch on to his new disinfectant products in a city still reeling from the coronavirus even though the situation is better than it was a few months ago. But the fear of catching the virus has not gone away despite public sporting facilities and gyms now back in business.
Although he’s an athlete first and foremost, the 32-year-old says he’s trying his hand as an entrepreneur, hoping to keep the city safe from the deadly virus.
“I’m still involved in sport and I still have dreams as a sportsman but it’s also time to start preparing for life after sport,” said Yiu, who helped Hong Kong win the sport’s first Asian Games team gold medal in Jakarta two years ago.
“I always wanted to start my own business and I was also concerned that Hong Kong had been hard hit by Covid-19 over the last six months. Everyone is looking for disinfectant products for protection [against the virus] but there are not many anti-epidemic products in the market until recently and most of them are imported and are expensive.”
Salom Yiu with his disinfection robot at a fencing school in Kwun Tong.
