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Friday, June 23, 1972
GOVERNMENT GRANT FOR HONG KONG OLYMPIC TEAM
The Government is to give an outright grant of $90,000 to help
finance the participation of a Hong Kong team in the Olympic Games in West
Germany later this year.
The grant will go to the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic
Committee which had applied for financial assistance following an invitation
to take part in the Games.
The Games will be held in Munich from August 26 to September 6.
The Hong Kong team will comprise some 17 competitors and two officials
of the Olympic Committee. The sports in which the competitors will take part
are fencing, judo, shooting, swimming and yachting.
$170,000.
The total cost of sending the team to Munich is estimated at more than
The government's grant of $90,000 is in line with previous decisions
to give financial assistance to the Federation and Olympic Committee towards
the cost of Hong Kong participating in the Olympic Games.
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