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the members of his successful 1957 team, and a number of very popular exhibition games were played.
Tennis enthusiasts were able to watch Jack Kramer and his fellow professionals during two days of exhibition games, whilst rugby football was enlivened by the visit of a team from Japan.
A comparatively new sport in Hong Kong, which is now attracting much interest, is fencing. Apart from a strenuous programme of local contests, visits were paid during 1957 by a Japanese University team on its way to and from the World University Games in Paris. Although defeated, Hong Kong put up a sufficiently good display to augur well for the future of this sport in the Colony.
In recent years motor racing, and time and reliability trials have gained a large following. The organizers of the Macau Grand Prix always receive a great deal of assistance from Hong Kong devotees of the sport, who in 1957 carried off the majority of prizes as well as supplying most of the competitors. In the Colony itself the Motor Sports Club continued to organize a number of rallies and trials, and combined with the Hong Kong Automobile Association to stage the annual rally and concours d'élégance.
Hong Kong's own particular sporting events, the cross- harbour swim and the 'round-the-Island' walk, continued to attract a very large and varied number of competitors. In the first event much-prized certificates were, as usual, awarded to all competitors who completed the course. The 'round-the-Island' walk, which is sponsored by one of the leading newspapers, took place for the second time, and, judging by the number of spectators who turned out to see the competitors, it had definitely won the public's interest.
During the year the completion of the first Government swimming pool at Victoria Park opened up a prospect of much higher standards both in swimming and diving. This pool, which is up to Olympic standards, is the first public