SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1976
GOVERNOR TO OPEN ASIAN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE WILL OPEN THE 6TH ASIAN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE MACPHERSON STADIUM ON TUESDAY.
APART FROM HONG KONG, SEVEN COUNTRIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH IS ORGANISED BY THE ASIAN BASKETBALL CONFEDERATION AND SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.
THE SEVEN COUNTRIES ARE CHINA, JAPAN, THE PHILIPPINES SOUTH KOREA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND IRAN.
AMONG THE GUESTS ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY ARE MR. A. DE 0. SALES IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIAN SPORTS FEDERATION AND PRESIDENT OF HONG KONG'S OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, MR. CHAM STU-LEUN, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (HKABA) AND MR. M.C. CASWELL, HON. PRESIDENT OF HKABA.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH II YOUTH CENTRE, MACPHERSON STADIUM AT 2.50 P.M. ON TUESDAY.
H.K. SYDNEY AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
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AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT THE PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SYDNEY WILL END NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 31, 1977. IN THE MEANTIME THERE WILL BE A RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED ON THAT SECTOR BY PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS.
THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN AMICABLY REACHED IN THE COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES ON AIR SERVICES WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN LONDON AND WASHINGTON. DISCUSSIONS ARE CONTINUING ON THE BROADER ASPECTS OF AIR SERVICES BETWEEN U.K. AND U.S.A.
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