FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1983
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HONG KONG IN SEMI-FINAL OF SCHOOL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
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HONG KONG HAS REACHED THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE 12TH ASIAN SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT BEING HELD IN SEOUL, KOREA, AND....... WILL PLAY THAILAND TODAY.
AFTER ARRIVING IN SEOUL ON MAY 20, HONG KONG BEAT MALAYSI BY 2 - 0 AND BRUNEI BY 1 - 0 DURING THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS. IT. HOWEVER, LOST 13 TO KOREA AND THEREFORE QUALIFIED FOR THE.. SEMI-FINAL AS THE NUMBER TWO TEAM IN THE GROUP..
SEVEN ASIAN COUNTRIES AND CITIES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TOURNAMENT WHICH WILL END ON SUNDAY (MAY 29).
KOREA WILL MEET SINGAPORE IN THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL MATCH.
BEFORE GOING TO KOREA, THE HONG KONG TEAM UNDERWENT THREE-MONTHS' INTENSIVE TRAINING AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR CHAN YONG-CHONG,
THE TEAM WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON MONDAY (MAY 30) EVENING.
AMS BAND TO INCLUDE BAGPIPES
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THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES BAND WILL SOON HAVE A NEW SOUND ADDED TO ITS ARRAY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SCOTTISH BAGPIPES.
IN FACT, THE AMS BAND SECTION WILL BE FORMING A NEW GROUP THE SCOTTISH PIPE BAND, FOLLOWING A DONATION OF A SET SCALE OF SCOTTISH PIPE INSTRUMENTS BY THE LIONS CLUB OF VICTORIA.
THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, VALUED AT ABOUT $30 000, INCLUDE 12 PIECES OF SCOTTISH BAGPIPES, SIX PARADE DRUMS, TWO TENOR DRUMS AND ONE BASS DRUM.
THE COMMISSIONER OF THE AMS, DR K.L. THONG, WILL RECEIVE THE DONATION AT A CEREMONY IN THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES HEADQUARTERS ON MONDAY (MAY 30).
AT PRESENT THE AMS BAND SECTION, WHICH WAS FORMED IN 1969 WITH A CORPS OF DRUMS AND BUGLES, HAS OVER 60 MUSICIANS WHO PERFORM IN PARADES, CONCERTS AND VARIOUS OTHER FUNCTIONS.
WITH THE DONATION OF SCOTTISH PIPE INSTRUMENTS, THE AMS WILL UNDERTAKE TO TRAIN MORE MUSICIANS TO EXPAND THE AMS BAND SECTION.