MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1984
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HONG KONG LAWN BOWLERS EXCEL, GOVERNOR SAYS
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HONG KONG SPORTSMEN WERE UP TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN SOME SPORTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY.
AND IT WAS ON THE BOWLING GREEN OF THIS +TEEMING AND VIBRANT CITY+ THAT HONG KONG HAD PRODUCED +SOME REMARKABLE RESULTS+, HE SAID.
+1 AM NATURALLY DELIGHTED THAT HONG KONG HAS DEFIED ALL ODDS BY CONTRIBUTING SUCH FINE PLAYERS TO A SPORT WHICH SEEMS SO OUT OF CHARACTER WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
ANYONE WHO KNEW THE GAME OF BOWLS, AND THE DEGREE OF SKILL AND QUIET CONCENTRATION IT DEMANDED, WOULD NOT INSTINCTIVELY PUT THIS PURSUIT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF SPORTS IN WHICH HONG KONG EXCELLED, HE SAID.
+YET SUCH IS REALLY THE CASE, SIR EDWARD SAID,
SPEAKING THIS EVENING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CLASSIC 1984 AT THE KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB, SIR EDWARD ALSO SAID THAT PARTICIPATION IN SPORT HAD INCREASED REMARKABLY IN HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS.
HE SAID THAT EACH YEAR THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL. PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AMATEUR SPORTING BODIES TO HELP WITH TRAINING PROGRAMMES, COMPETITIONS AND ATTENDANCE AT OVERSEAS EVENTS.
THIS SUPPORT, HE SAID, WOULD HAVE BEEN OF LITTLE USE WITHOUT THE CONTINUED DEDICATION OF THE ORGANISERS OF AMATEUR SPORT IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID THE HONG KONG LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION DESERVED CREDIT FOR ORGANISING THIS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CALENDAR, WHICH BROUGHT TO HONG KONG TOP BOWLERS FROM THER COUNTRIES.
SAID.
+TO ALL VISITING BOWLERS, I OFFER A WARM WELCOME, SIR EDWARD
SIR EDWARD SAID THAT MUCH OF THE CREDIT OF HONG KONG'S BOWLS SUCCESS RESTED WITH THE HONG KONG LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAD REGULARLY ENTERED INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS SO THAT PLAYERS COULD MATCH THE IR SKILLS AGAINST THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYERS, AND HAD OF NISED TRAINING COURSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE ASSOCIATION