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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977
SECOND ASIAN BADMINTON INVITATION CHAMPIONSHIPS STARTS
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BADMINTON IS A SPORT WHICH IS GROWING IN POPULARITY AMONG LOCAL PEOPLE AND IT IS A VERY SUITABLE ONE FOR HONG KONG'S CROWDED CONDITIONS, SINCE IT DEMANDS LESS SPACE THAN MOST OTHER GAMES.
THIS WAS STATED TONIGHT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND ASIAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MACPHERSON STADIUM.
FOURTEEN TEAMS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WHICH
WILL END ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 26).
IN WELCOMING THE COMPETITORS, SIR DENYS SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME AN INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP HAD BEEN HELD IN HONG KONG,
+ I HOPE THAT THE VERY HIGH STANDARDS OF PLAY, WHICH WE ARE SURE TO SEE DURING THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WILL DO MUCH TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN THIS EXCELLENT GAME IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
HK AT AIR SERVICES TALKS *****
MR. DAVID T.K. WONG, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, IS LEAVING HONG KONG TONIGHT FOR LONDON TO PARTICIPATE IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
MR. WONG, TOGETHER WITH MR. B.D. KEEP, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, WILL REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE U.K. DELEGATION.
MR. KEEP IS ALREADY IN LONDON, HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED SERVICES TALKS BETWEEN U.K. AND JAPAN.
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