Hong Kong Sevens 2008

Hong Kong Sevens 2008 is coming this weekend again and information is as follow:

Date: March 28 - 30, 2008 (Friday to Sunday)
Venue: Hong Kong Stadium

Time:
March 28 (Friday)
04:30 pm - 9:15 pm

March 29 (Saturday)
10:30 am - 7:15 pm

March 30 (Sunday)
09:45 am - 6:40 pm

You may want to visit the official website: http://www.hksevens.com/index.html

For those who are not familiar with Hong Kong Sevens, I have include ibackground nformation below:

The world's premier Rugby Sevens Tournament was born over pre-luncheon drinks at the venerable old Hong Kong Club on a misty spring day in 1975. The Chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union, an amiable South African entrepreneur, A.D.C. "Tokkie" Smith, was talking with tobacco company executive Ian Gow. It was Gow's idea, as Promotions Manager for his firm, to sponsor a Rugby Tournament with top teams from throughout the world competing.
On March 28, 1976, less than a year after Tokkie Smith and Ian Gow shared a glass, clubs from Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Japan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Fiji participated in the first Hong Kong Sevens Tournament. It was an astonishing accomplishment; in less than 12 months, a team of talented, dedicated volunteers had created a sporting event that was to tackle the imagination of the rugby world.

As the Tournament grew throughout the 70's and 80's in both supporter popularity and the number of participating teams, which had now progressed from club sides to representative teams, the Tournament moved from its original home in the Hong Kong Football Club to the Hong Kong Government Stadium. By the beginning of the 90's, with demand for tickets having outstretched the capacity of the Stadium for over five years, it was time for a larger facility. The Stadium that had been the Tournament's home for 12 years was re-built in 1994 and a 40,000-seat Hong Kong Stadium is now its current venue.

In 1993 the first Rugby World Cup Sevens Tournament was held in Scotland, where the game of Sevens had originated. Hong Kong was awarded the prestige of hosting the 2nd Rugby World Cup Sevens in 1997, which was a huge success in a memorable year for Hong Kong as it was handed back to China and became a Special Administrative Region.

During the years after the Rugby World Cup Sevens it was apparent how important the game of Sevens rugby had become in the development of good rugby players. Players such as Jonah Lomu, Christian Cullen, George Gregan to name a few first demonstrated their speed and agility in the Hong Kong Sevens. The iRB, recognising the value of the game of Sevens, launched its inaugural World Sevens Series in 2000 - the 25th year of Sevens Rugby in Hong Kong - to enable more players to benefit from Sevens competitions. A core of 10 to 12 of the world's top teams now participate in tournaments in Dubai, South Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia.

The Hong Kong Sevens Tournament itself has a wonderful history. It is now considered the iRB's "Jewel in the Crown" in the Series and still continues to grow in popularity with players and spectators. Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005 was the second time Hong Kong has hosted RWC Sevens and this year marks 32 years of sevens rugby in Hong Kong - a remarkable achievement.

School Suspected because of Flu

Everyone has to be careful now due to the wide spread of influenza.

Health chief York Chow Yat-ngok announced late last night after meeting health and education officials that all primary schools, special schools, nurseries and kindergartens will be closed for two weeks until after the Easter Holidays.

There were 20 suspected outbreaks of flue as of yesterday. The three confirmed outbreaks involved primary schools. On a list of suspected outbreaks are two secondary schools, 11 primary schools and seven kindergarten/child-care centers.

Beckham is coming to Hong Kong

L.A galaxy football team has been invited to come to hongkong for an amazing football exhibition match, head coach of the team Rudd guilt, main player David Beckham and the other famous players are all very exited about the HK tour.

Just recently Galaxy team’s new Zealand and Australia Sydney tours were more than the means of successes, everywhere they went they light up the whole city’s football passion. It’s not hard to imaging how much of football frenzy this tour will stir up in china and even the whole Asia.

Tickets will be sold to public from 6 March at Hong Kong Stadium.

Date: 9 March, 2008
Kick Off: 15:00
Venue: Hong Kong Stadium
Match: HK SCAA Invitation Team vs LA Galaxy
Ticket Sales: 6 March 2008
Ticket Outlets: Hong Kong Stadium

Address: 55 Eastern Hospital Road, So Kon Po, Hong Kong

Time: 10:00 - 18:00

Ticket Price:
HK$980, HK$380, HK$200, HK$120 (for Students & Senior Citizens)
Special Ticket Promotion:
1 complimentary ticket of 2008 AFC Cup –
SCAA vs Home United (Singapore) (6 March 2008) for every purchase of a Ticket.
(Only for first 2,500 Ticket, while stock last)

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