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A powerful typhoon closed in on Hong Kong as it hosted the torch relay for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Runners battled strong winds as the event fostered enthusiasm and support for the then-colony’s team – and the Games themselves.
High-school student William Hill dashed through Hong Kong’s busy streets bearing the Olympic flame as it made its way to Japan. It would become one of the runs of his life. The sprinter, who represented Hong Kong at the Tokyo Games, spoked to NHK before he passed away last year.
High school student William Hill was one of Hong Kong’s 15 torchbearers during the relay ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Hong Kong: Students win at science contest
A team of eight Hong Kong students has won two gold and five silver medals, one bronze medal as well as a gold award in the team competition at the 5th International Olympiad of Metropolises (IOM).
The IOM is an international competition covering informatics, mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Yeung Man-tsung from Pui Ching Middle School won a gold medal and Hsieh Chong-ho from Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School won silver in the informatics competition, while Chu Cheuk-hei and Lai Wai-lok from St Paul s Co-educational College took home gold and silver medals in the mathematics one.