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Tuesday, August 8, 1972
TWO KOWLOON STREETS CLOSED
A section of Kai Ming Street and the whole of Yuk Shing Street in
To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, will be closed to traffic from 10a.m. Thursday (August 10),
The closure will be in force for a period of about two weeks during
the demolition of the Wah Lok Theatre at 15-19 Kai Ming Street.
Appropriate traffic signs will be erected to guide motorists.
BRONZE MEDAL IN PARALYMPICS FOR HONG KONG TEAM
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A Hong Kong team has won a bronze medal for team table tennis in
the class two division at the 21st International Stoke Mandeville Games
unofficially known as the Paralymics.
The two players who brought laurels for the 10-member Hong Kong
contingent are Mr. Lee Koon-hung and Mr. Leslie Lam, both in their twenties.
This is the third time that Hong Kong has particupated in the games,
held once every four years before the Olympic Games.
The expedition organised jointly by the Hong Kong Counsil of Social
Service and the Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Handicapped,
received a grant of some $55,000 from the Lotteries Fund to take part in the
games,
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