Yeung Tak-keung, head of the National Games Coordination Office, said on Tuesday that the tickets would be sold on a unified platform to ensure easier management.

“We are preparing to sell souvenirs from July, and in August, tickets will go on sale in the three places at the same time,” Yeung told a radio programme. Further details would be announced in due course, he said.

Ticket sales will open about three months before the 13-day top national sports event starts on November 9. It will be held in Hong Kong, Macau and parts of Guangdong province.

This year’s Games mark the first time Hong Kong has co-hosted the event. The city will hold eight of the 34 sporting contests, including the men’s under-22 basketball, track cycling, fencing, golf, men’s handball, rugby sevens, the triathlon and beach volleyball.

Asked whether the launch of ticket sales was too close to the start of the Games, Yeung said a similar arrangement was done in the past.