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LOCAL SOLDIERS TO SHOOT IN BISLEY
A FIVE-MAN TEAM FROM THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS, *HICH CLINCHED THE MINOR UNIT CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE HONG KONG SKILL AT ARM MEETING IN MAY, WILL BECOME THE FIRST LOCAL TEAM EVER TO COMPETE IN A PRESTIGIOUS MILITARY SHOOTING COMPETITION TO B5 HELD, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN JULY.
THE TEAM, COMPRISING LANCE CORPORAL WAN CHI-HUNG, CORPORAL LAI WOOD-TIN, CORPORAL VG YAU-MING, LANCE CORPORAL HONG WAI-KAI SAND CORPORAL YU CHAK-SHUEN, WON FIVE OUT OF THE SEVEN MATCHES
DURING THE HONG KONG MEETING, AND WERE PLACED SECOND AND THIRD IN THE OTHER TWO EVENTS.
BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE, THEY WERE SELECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE REGULAR ARMY SKILL AT ARMS MEETING TO BE HELD IN BISLEY IN JULY, A HİGHLY RATED ARMY SHOOTING COMPETITION AMC 16 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING A MONTH-LONG TRAINING PERIJJ | 、 ENGLAND WITH THE FIRST BATTALION THE QUEEN'S LANCASHIRE REGIMEN AT ALTCAR RANGES IN LANCASHIRE.
AWARDS, TROPHIES FOR WATER SUPPLIES WORKERS
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FOUR WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WERE TODAY PRESENTED WITH MERIT AWARDS AND 33 OTHERS WERE GIVEN LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATES BY THE DIRECTOR, MR TOM TOMLINSON.
RECEIVING THE MERIT AWARDS, WHICH ARE PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO JUNIOR OFFICERS FOR NOTEWORTHY GENERAL PERFORMANCE AND CONDUCT, WERE : MR LEE CHUN-LIN, MR HUNG YEE-TAK, MR YIP CHI-KEONG, AND MR YUEN TAT.
THE 33 OTHER CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS HAD SERVED FOR TEN YEARS OR MORE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
LATER, SPORTS TROPHIES WERE ALSO PRESENTED BY MR TOMLINSON TO WINNERS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTAL SPORTS EVENTS HELD EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
SENIOR ENGINEER, MR WILLIAM CHAPMAN WAS AWARDED THE TUCKER CUP AS THE DEPARTMENT SPORTSMAN AND TECHNICAL OFFICER MISS NG KWOK- LAI WAS AWARDED THE TOMLINSON CUP AS DEPARTMENT SPORTSWOMAN.
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