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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1991

LAWN BOWLS IS GROWING IN POPULARITY: GOVERNOR

THE POPULARITY OF LAWN BOWLS IN HONG KONG IS STEADILY GROWING, AND SO IS THE SCOPE OF ITS FACILITIES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

ADDRESSING

THE

PACIFIC

BOWLS OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 1991, SIR DAVID SAID THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL-GRASS BOWLING GREEN HAD JUST BEEN OPENED FOR PUBLIC USE. MORE WOULD FOLLOW SOON.

"THIS WILL PROVIDE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE TAKE PART," HE SAID.

PEOPLE

TO

SIR DAVID SAID LAWN BOWLS WHICH USED TO BE A SPORT MAINLY EXPATRIATES WAS NOW MORE WIDELY BASED.

FOR

THE STRONG LOCAL:

HE SAID.

SEE HOW MUCH IT HAS CHANGED FROM "YOU CAN ELEMENT IN THE HONG KONG TEAM FOR THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS,

SIR DAVID SAID LAWN BOWLS WAS A SPORT ENJOYED BY MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, BOTH AS PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS.

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"IT IS SOMETHING WE DO QUITE WELL, HE ADDED.

HE

FOR THE VARIOUS

THE

THE HONG KONG LAWN BOWLING TEAM PRAISED TROPHIES IT CAME BACK WITH FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS DURING LAST 20 YEARS.

AND

BRONZE MEDALS BROUGHT BACK

FROM THE

COMMONWEALTH

HE SAID.

"GOLD GAMES LAST YEAR WERE ONLY THE LATEST OF A SERIES OF AWARDS,"

SIR DAVID SAID BOWLING ON THE PACIFIC RIM HAD REACHED VERY HIGH

STANDARDS.

"WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXCITING DISPLAY OF BOWLING SKILLS, HE ADDED.

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