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·OVEMBER 18, 1983
BOWLS CLASSIC ATTRACTS TOP INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS
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MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE SECOND CLASSIC LAWN BOWLS PAIRS COMPETITION WHICH GETS UNDER WAY IN THE COMING WEEK.
TAKING PART IN THE EVENT WILL BE TOP PLAYERS FROM AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, IRELAND, NEW ZEALAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, THE NEWCASTLE DISTRICT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, AND HONG KONG.
THIS WEEKEND, PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MAIN TOURNAMENT, A SINGLES TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED WITH 18 LOCAL BOWLERS FROM HONG KONG CLUBS MEETING FOURTEEN OF THE OVERSEAS STARS IN A KNOCK-OUT COMPETITION TO BE PLAYED AT CRAIGENGOWER CRICKET CLUB AND HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB.
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, MR KEN WALLIS, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION, SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY TO HOST TOP INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. THE STANDARD OF THE GAME WAS CONSTANTLY IMPROVING IN THE TERRITORY AND SEVERAL PLAYERS HAD ACHIEVED DISTINCTION OVERSEAS,
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC PAIRS CONTEST WAS HELD IN 1981 AND IT PROVED SUCH A SUCCESS THAT IT WAS DECIDED TO STAGE THE SECOND EVENT THIS YEAR.
AT THE END OF A WEEK'S OUTSTANDING BOWLING, IN 1981, ROBBIE DOBBINS AND DARBY ROSS OF NEW SOUTH WALES BEAT TWÓ WORLD GOLD MEDALLISTS JIMMY HOBDAY AND TONY ALLCOCK OF ENGLAND IN THE FINAL. ROBBIE AND DARBY ARE BOTH BACK IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR, BUT ROBBIE WILL NOT PLAY BECAUSE OF A BACK INJURY AND HE WILL BE SUBSTITUTED BY KEN PORTER IN THE TITLE DEFENCE.
THE VENUE FOR THE CLASSIC PAIRS EVENT IS THE KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB AND ROUNDS WILL BE HELD THERE THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK CULMINATING IN A FINAL TO BE PLAYED ON THE AFTERNOON OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27.
SECOND BRIDGE AT MAN KAM TO
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WORK WILL START EARLY NEXT YEAR ON CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE SHENZHEN RIVER AT MAN KAM TO.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE MAN KAM TO BRIDGE IS THE ONLY ROAD LINK WITH CHINA AT PRESENT.
+TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO BUILD A SECOND BRIDGE,+ HE SAID.
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