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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1988

ASIAN SOCCER COMES OF AGE: SMS

SERVICES,

THOUGH SOCCER HAD BEEN DOMINATED BY THE

CONTINENTS OF

KUROPE

AND SOUTH AMERICA, THE SITUATION WAS CHANGING, AND CHANGING FAST,

MR AUGUSTINE SECRETARY

MUNICIPAL FOR (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.

CHUI,

THE SAID THIS

"THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH KOREA IN THE LAST IN MEXICO IN 1986, DRAWING WITH BULGARIA AND ONLY NARROWLY

ASIA HAS COME THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS ITALY, SHOWED THAT WORLD FOOTBALL," HE SAID.

WORLD

CUP FINALS LOSING TO OF AGE

IN

THE MR CHUI WAS SPEAKING AT ASIAN SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AT MONG KOK STADIUM.

KICK-OFF

CEREMONY OF

THE 17TH

то ACHIEVE MR CHUI ENCOURAGED THE YOUNG FOOTBALLERS TO STRIVE

OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRESS HIGH STANDARDS AND SAID THEY WOULD HAVE THE AND SUCCEED.

HE EXTENDED A WELCOME TO THE COUNTRIES AND MACAU AND HONG KONG.

THE TOURNAMENT, ORGANISED COUNCIL, WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER 31.

INDIA, INDONESIA,

THE VISITING TEAMS COME FROM BRUNEI, CHINA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MALAYSIA, MACAU, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA, AND THAILAND.

MR CHUI DESCRIBED THE ASIAN SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT OCCASION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN ASIA TO COME TOGETHER SOCCER TALENT.

WHO PARTICIPANTS

COME FROM 10

BY THE HONG KONG

SCHOOLS

SPORTS

AS AN

IN A DISPLAY OF

PLAYERS то TRY OUT THEIR "IT IS A CHANCE FOR BUDDING YOUNG

FOR BETTER THINGS AS A STEPPING STONE

IN SKILL AT JUNIOR LEVEL FUTURE, " HE ADDED.

THOSE

PRESENT AT

THE

INCLUDED CEREMONY EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, WHO IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL,

AND

OF THE HONG KONG OF THE AMATEUR SPORTS

DE O. SALES,

PRESIDENT THE FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG, MR A.

THE

DIRECTOR

OF

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