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Miniature Football Association the Service team was narrowly beaten in the Final.

Basketball

61. In the Hong Kong Amateur Basketball Association Junior Grade Competition the Service team reached the finals but narrowly missed promotion to the Senior Grade and finished in 3rd place. In the Chung Chi Invitation Tournament and the Tsuen Wan Alexandra Community Centre Challenge Cup the Fire Service teams emerged as winners and runners-up respectively.

Volleyball

62. In the Commerce and Industry Cup run by the Hong Kong Amateur Volleyball Association the Fire Service team were runners-up to South China in the final placings, and as a result of the team's per- formance Firemen 1398 LEE Pak-yin and 808 CHU Kit-koi were selected to represent Hong Kong against a Japanese team which included several Olympic Games Gold Medallists. The Fire Service's participation in the Yuen Long Sports Association Invitation Knockout Tournament brought disappointing results as the team had been engaged in fire fighting throughout the previous night and had no time for rest or recuperation before the match commenced.

Swimming

63. The Fire Service entered a team of 4 and 2 individual partici- pants in the Annual Cross-Harbour Race. The team finished in 4th place and all 6 swimmers completed the crossing within the time limit and were awarded certificates. In the Colony Swimming Championships Fireman 2256 WAN Cheong-kuen attained 2nd place in the Senior Grade 200 metres Butterfly race and Fireman 1708 NG Wing-sum gained 2nd place in the Junior Grade 100 metres Back-stroke. Fire Service teams also entered the N.T. Administration competitions, the Y.M.C.A./Life Guard Association competitions and the Tun Mun Association Invita- tion Relays, winning the Aserappa Trophy in the first competition and gaining 2nd and 1st place in the other two competitions respectively.

Athletics

64. Service teams were entered in the Hong Kong Athletic Amateur Association's Colony Championships, The Omega Meet, the Quadran- gular Tournament and The 8th Festival of Sport, and in the Colony Championships achieved the following results:

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