MONDAY, MAY 27, 1985
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HONG KONG TEAMS FETED AT RECEPTION
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THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (MONDAY) HOSTED A RECEPTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL TEAM AND HONG KONG TABLE TENNIS TEAM IN APPRECIATION OF THE IR RECENT SUCCESSES.
THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL TEAM SCORED A HARD FOUGHT 2-1 VICTORY OVER CHINA AT THE WORKERS' STADIUM IN PEKING ON MAY 19. THEY WILL NOW BE MEETING JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA IN THE NEXT ROUND OF QUALIFYING MATCHES IN THE ASIAN ZONE FOR THE WORLD CUP FINALS TO BE HELD IN MEXICO NEXT YEAR.
THE HONG KONG TABLE TENNIS TEAM TOOK PART IN THE EIGHTH COMMONWEALTH TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, AND AT THE 38TH WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, WITH OUTSTANDING RESULTS.
SPEAKING AT THE RECEPTION, MR BARNES SAID THAT THEIR EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS WERE THE RESULT OF DEDICATION, DETERMINATION AND WILL-POWER AND SHOWED THAT HONG KONG HAD A SPIRIT AND IDENTITY OF ITS OWN.
ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM, MR BARNES SAID, +1 WISH YOU THE SAME SUCCESS IN YOUR GAMES AGAINST JAPAN LATER THIS YEAR.
IF YOU GET THROUGH TO THE WORLD CUP FINALS IN MEXICO, I THINK I CAN PROMISE YOU A BIG SEND-OFF.+
HE ALSO PRAISED THE TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS FOR RETAINING THEIR PLACES IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FIRST DIVISION IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND BEING ABLE TO REACH THE LAST FOUR OF THE MEN'S SINGLES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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