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Ellen Joyce Loo 1986-2018 – RIP

Folktronica and cantopop singer Ellen Joyce Loo who initially found fame and success as part of the band at17 and later as a solo artist was found dead today in Happy Valley.

Sadly it appears the 32 year old singer known for her upbeat and optimistic songs about female and LGBT issues committed suicide.

Loo was born in Toronto and moved to Hong Kong when she was four. In 2001 at the age of 15, she co-formed the popular band, at17, with Eman Lam Yee-man. The critically acclaimed and popular band split in 2010 with Loo releasing several successful albums as a solo artist.

Thank you Ellen for your music, you’ll be sadly missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pg05VQTuY
https://youtu.be/zqm5azKS-8c

689 Threatens FCC Over Andy Chan Ho-tin Talk

In a post on his facebook page 689 threatened the Foreign Correspondents’ Club with eviction from their clubhouse if they allowed Andy Chan Ho-tin’s talk about his views on Hong Kong’s future to go ahead.

https://www.facebook.com/leung.cy.108/posts/678471159182031

It’s amazing how thin skinned and insecure Xi Jinping and his sycophants are.

CY Leung did nothing but demean and denigrate the people he was ‘elected’ to govern during his time as ‘Chief Executive’ of Hong Kong – while enriching himself and his Beijing buddies.

Xi and the CCP by their actions and policies directly created the idea of an independent Hong Kong. By ignoring the needs and desires of HongKongers they sowed the seeds and then actively fertilised dissent and dissatisfaction.

Why because it’s easy to rule and skim the cream from the pot by pitting HongKonger against HongKonger.  Favouring and rewarding the sycophants, penalising those who don’t kiss the ring is designed to divide and distract while the oligarchy feasts on both.

If you think China is so wonderful, then why do so many mainland Chinese – including Xi and all his top CCP cronies – look to get their money out of China as quickly as possible!!

No other people in the world have so little faith in their own country when it comes to investing their own personal wealth.

Beijing and Xi want to destroy Hong Kong and it’s values including freedom of speech, an independent judiciary and an honest police force.

Yet it’s to Hong Kong that mainlanders flock to secure and safeguard their savings and future. You have to ask why they do this, if China – as supreme leader Xi loves to espouse – is such a wonderful country where all are equal and people’s rights are respected.

Xi and the CCP are so jealous of what we HongKongers have created without them that they need to destroy it because they fear it.

We do not agree with Andy Chan Ho-tin, but we respect that he has the right to express his views.

To quote the poem of anti–Nazi theologian and pastor Martin Niemöller

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

New Hong Kong Banknote Designs Unveiled

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), and the three note-issuing banks (NIBs) – Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of China and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation – announced today the designs of the new series of 2018 Hong Kong banknotes.

Consistent with current notes, the new series will consist of five denominations that adopt the existing colour scheme. For the first time the thematic subjects on the reverse side of each of the NIBs’ new series banknotes will be standardised for each denomination.

The selected thematic subjects encompass different aspects of Hong Kong as an international metropolis as well as its rich natural and cultural heritage. The five denominations depict respectively the position of Hong Kong as international financial centre (HK$1,000), the spectacular Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark (HK$500), Cantonese opera as our art and cultural legacy (HK$100), butterflies that inhabit Hong Kong (HK$50), and the popular dim sum and tea culture (HK$20).

For ‘aesthetic presentation’ and easy distinction from previous series, the reverse side of the banknote are in a vertical orientation instead of the traditional horizontal layout.

The HK$1,000 and HK$500 notes will enter circulation in the last quarter of 2018 and early 2019 respectively, and the lower denominations – HK$100, HK$50 and HK$20 – will be released in batches between 2019 and 2020.

To enhance protection against counterfeiting the new banknotes have six advanced security features:

  • Dynamic shimmering pattern – when the note is tilted, the shimmering ring in the pattern moves correspondingly.
  • Windowed metallic thread – when the note is tilted, the large and small rings on the metallic thread move correspondingly.
  • Enhanced watermark – the theme of the bauhinia flower is used such that the flower, leaves, bud and denomination numeral can be seen when the note is held up to the light.
  • Fluorescent see-through denomination – the patterns on the front and back, which are of a single colour under normal light, will appear as two fluorescent colours when exposed to ultraviolet light.  The patterns on the front and back fit perfectly to form the denomination numeral when the note is held up to the light.
  • Concealed denomination – when the note is tilted under the light, the denomination numeral hidden in the background can be seen.
  • Embossed feel – raised printing gives the note a strong embossed feel by touch.

Various accessibility features such as braille and tactile lines will enable people with visual impairments to differentiate the denominations. The HKMA has also sponsored the Hong Kong Society for the Blind to develop a mobile application that uses a phone’s camera to identify a banknotes denomination and read it out for the user.

Mr Norman Chan, Chief Executive of the HKMA, said, “Similar to other places, we will at appropriate intervals introduce a new series of banknotes for the purpose of adopting the latest banknote printing technology, thus making it difficult for counterfeiters to imitate or replicate our banknotes.”

Mr Chan continued, “On top of carrying state-of-the-art security features, the unified thematic subject presented in a vertical layout for each denomination of the banknotes across the three NIBs makes the new series distinctive from the previous one and a good representation of the local culture of Hong Kong. ”

Ms Mary Huen, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, said, “The design of Standard Chartered’s 2018 Hong Kong Banknotes Series pays tribute to the ‘Hong Kong Spirit’.

Each banknote reflects a unique attribute of Hong Kong people – Wit and Wisdom, Resilience and Perseverance, Inheritance and Innovation, Better Together, and Sharing and Caring. When the five banknotes are put together, their backgrounds form a silhouette of the Lion Rock.”Ÿ

Mr Gao Yingxin, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, said, “We are proud of the many achievements and unique charms of this world-class metropolis.

Our new series of HKD banknotes depicts the city’s attractions and reflects our close affinity with Hong Kong people while expressing our vision of building an even brighter tomorrow together.”

Mr Peter Wong, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), said, “The new series of HSBC banknotes are the first to use watercolour painting in the history of Hong Kong banknotes, giving vitality to imagery that highlights the facets of life in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has always been defined by its people’s shared values of hard work and entrepreneurialism, as well as its sense of family and community.

Over the past 153 years, we have stood with Hong Kong people through tremendous change and worked with them to build the city’s prosperity. We hope that people holding our banknotes in their hands will feel the same connection to Hong Kong’s community and heritage as we do at HSBC.”

All existing banknotes will continue to be legal tender. They will continue to be in circulation alongside the new banknotes, and will be gradually withdrawn as appropriate in due course.

Additional reporting: HKMA

Hong Kong Head to Rugby 7s World Cup

Hong Kong heads to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens this weekend. The San Francisco tournament has a slightly different format in that it’s a straight knockout – there are no pool games. Lose and you go home!

Ok that’s not strictly true as in the early games lose and you drop from the Cup to the Bowl/Challenge… It puts teams in a ‘must win’ mode from the first kick-off on Friday when Hong Kong face off against Russia in their first match.

Captain Ben Rimene, fullback Jamie Hood, scrumhalf Cado Lee Ka-to, flanker Toby Fenn and wings Salom Yiu Kam-shing and Max Denmark all return to action after shutting out the Cook Islands in the fifteen-a-side Rugby World Cup 2019 qualification series decider thirteen days ago.

To ease the transition back into sevens, head coach Paul John, who coached Wales to the world title in Dubai in 2009, arranged a training match with Wales earlier this week.  Hong Kong also played in the Amsterdam Sevens and Algarve Sevens earlier this summer as a build up for the world championships.

“It was always going to be a full year for a lot of the players; what with World Cup qualification, the Sevens World Cup, the Asian Games, the Asian Sevens series, and now the final stage of the World Cup repechage upcoming. We knew this was going to be the case,” said John.

“There’s a lot going on, which is exciting for Hong Kong Rugby, but a bit tricky at times. We’ve worked closely with Leigh Jones and the fifteens programme in looking at what takes priority at which times, while trying to maintain our own processes.”

“The boys have done well to get here and it is a great opportunity for us to be in the World Cup. We want to do ourselves justice,” added John.

Three of Hong Kong’s younger elite sevens programme members, Eric Kwok Pak-na, Liam Herbert and Alessandro Nardoni, are in the squad for the World Cup where Nardoni and Herbert will win their first senior sevens caps.

“This is an incredible tournament to be a part of and gives our newer boys an opportunity to play on the big stage. I think if we can relax a bit out there this weekend, they can show a bit of what they have to offer,” John said.

Herbert, Kwok and Nardoni impressed the selectors in Europe earlier this summer according to John. “Liam went away with us to Shandong earlier this year and performed well there. He backed that up in the two tournaments in Europe. He has really impressed in training and has worked really hard,” John continued.

“Alessandro also had two good tournaments in Europe. He has been in the programme for a while but hasn’t had the opportunity to play. He has it this week. Eric’s another player, like Ali, who has just missed out on selection over the last 12 months. He played well when given the opportunity in Europe and he deserves to have a go.”

Two players, former U20s captain Hugo Stiles and experienced campaigner Lee Jones, make welcome returns from injury in the time for the World Cup.

“Hugo is looking like his old self, he is a bit of a livewire as usual. He is really looking forward to it and I’m sure it is nice for him to be back playing at full fitness. He has looked good at training and we are excited to see how he performs.”

“Lee has worked really hard to come back from an Achilles injury in Singapore in 2017. He’s trained well and played well in Shandong and Europe and it is going to be good to have him back,” John added.

Jones and fellow forwards Fenn and Michael Coverdale will be essential in what is expected to be a physical challenge from Russia.

“Russia are a settled team and a World Series team and that makes them a hard prospect. They have threats all over the park from an aggressive running point of view. They are powerful and they will be direct against us, I’m sure,” said John.

“We need to use possession wisely and take our opportunities. We need to finish every possession with as many positives as possible. If we take care of the ball, we will be in with a fighting chance, but it won’t be easy.”

“Hopefully the newer guys can relax and learn from being on this stage, it will be a great development for tournaments that we have coming up,” John added.

The squad is targeting a finish in the upper bracket, which means that they must overcome Russia.

“Before we came we discussed our main objective – to win that first game. That will put us through to the top half or two-thirds of the tournament where we will be playing against the World Series teams, which will be a great preparation for us for the Asian Games.

“If we route to the bottom eight, then our objective is to win a few games and try to reach the higher end of the competition. If we lose, we cross over with Jamaica or France I think; Jamaica have a lot of athletes here and France are on the Series, so it is still playing countries that we need to and want to test ourselves against.

“Sevens is getting more and more difficult, so no matter where we are in the tournament, it will be good to test ourselves against as many teams as possible, especially those we may meet in the World Series qualification tournament in Hong Kong next year,” John said.

Hong Kong Men’s Sevens Squad (Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018)
Ben Rimene (Captain), Salom Yiu Kam-shing, Cado Lee Ka-to, Lee Jones, Toby Fenn, Hugo Stiles, Liam Herbert, Eric Kwok Pak-na, Jamie Hood, Alessandro Nardoni, Michael Coverdale, Max Denmark.

Additional reporting and images: HKRU

RWC Japan Qualification Attempt Continues Against Cook Islands

Hong Kong take on the Cook Islands in the second of three possible qualification phases for the Rugby World Cup with a home and away series on 30 June (away) and 7 July (Hong Kong Football Club). The winner advances to a four-team repechage tournament later this year to decide the 20th spot at Japan 2019.

The Cook Islands are ranked 54th in the world, 33 spots behind Hong Kong at 21 and national coach Leigh Jones was perhaps a touch overly dramatic when he said “Not to overplay it, but it’s probably one of the most important games in Hong Kong rugby history,” ahead of the team’s departure on Wednesday night.

Hong Kong’s undefeated run in the Asia Rugby Championship earlier this month marked a successful first step on the Road to 2019, but the second is shaping up to be more sizeable, starting with a 25-hour away trip to Raratonga, Cook Islands that includes a forced 10-hour stopover in Auckland.

“It’s an horrendous trip in many ways, but we are preparing well for it. The larger problem is the time. The Cook Islands are 18 hours behind us, so it throws our body clock off significantly,” said Jones

“You can go down early and acclimatize and get your body on Cook Islands time, but then you have to travel back to Hong Kong and play here seven days later, so there is a potential that we could be kind of undercooked on both ends in terms of our body clock.”

“Luke [Davey, Head of Performance at the HKRU’s Elite Rugby Programme] and our team have been planning meticulously for this for awhile. We will do our best to stay on Hong Kong time to make the home leg adjustment much easier, which throws up a lot of logistical issues for us, but we have overcome many of them,” Jones added.

During the 10-hour stopover in Auckland the team will have a training session at the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise.

“We must thank the Chiefs High Performance Manager Chris Tindall and Dave Galbraith, their Mental Skills and Leadership Coach, for their support. The Chiefs have been magnificent in arranging things on that end to make that 10 hours as palatable as possible,” Jones added.

The match kick-offs at 3pm local time, which is 9am Hong Kong time.

“We have changed our programme over the last three weeks. We have been getting up progressively earlier, so the guys were at Football Club at 7am yesterday going flat out to ensure their bodies are okay and adjusted for what is effectively a 9am kick-off,” Jones noted.

Jones is pleased with the squad’s preparations so far. “The players are ready to go. I am glad the game is this weekend, another week and the frustration may have started building, but the timing has been pretty good for us. We had a week to rest after the ARC and then two to three weeks to train and maintain intensity. We are in a good space.”

With some players under slight injury clouds and considering the lengthy travel, Jones has opted to be safe rather than sorry in taking 25 players in the travel squad with 23 set for the final selection.

The squad includes former Under 20s star hooker Alexander Post, who was capped for Hong Kong in last year’s tour to Kenya.  Post will add cover for Ben Roberts, who picked up a niggling rib injury against Korea in the final match of the Asian championship.

“We’ve probably got eight to 10 injuries, but the guys really stepped up during the ARC and proved that they’re of the quality we need. That speaks well for the programme and our approach.”

Cook Islands had a circuitous route of their own to reach this stage. They lost to Tahiti in the Oceania qualifier, but that result was later overturned after Tahiti were found to have fielded ineligible players. The turnover in teams has left Hong Kong in the dark somewhat about what they will face on Saturday.

“We are going into the unknown to a large extent,” admitted Jones. “We’ve done our research on their players and they have some quality. Guys playing Top 14 in France, Mitre Cup in New Zealand, guys who’ve played against the British Lions in Super Rugby, so it will be challenging, particularly at forward, but we are very aware of how tough it’s going to be.”

“It’s cup rugby and we’re away from home, so we need to be smart, our discipline needs to be really good, our set piece needs to function, and we need to be playing in the right areas.

“The series will be decided on aggregate points across the two games, so we need to be really smart in how we manage the game and manage the crowd on Saturday,” Jones emphasized.

Hong Kong Squad Against Cook Islands:
James Cunningham (Captain), Daniel Barlow, Jamie Tsang, Dylan Rogers, Jack Delaforce, Nicholas Hewson, Toy Fenn, Thomas Lamboley, Liam Slatem, Matthew Rosslee, Yiu Kam-shing, Max Woodward, Jack Neville, Conor Hartley, Jamie Hood, Alexander Post, Adam Fullgrabe, Jack Parfitt, Michael Parfitt, Kane Boucaut, Cris Pierrepont, Jamie Lauder, Max Denmark, Benjamin Roberts, Lex Kaleca.

Additional reporting and images: HKRU

Cool Summer Festival

In this scorching summer the Hong Kong Sinfonietta hopes to cool audiences down with music at it’s first HKS Cool Summer Festival. The four concert festival runs from 20 July to 18 August 2018 and features Leon Ko, conductor Jason Lai, rock band Chochukmo and Austrian jazz star Georg Breinschmid.

The Amazing Filmphony
(20-22 July, HK City Hall Concert Hall)
Hong Kong Sinfonietta Music Director Yip Wing-sie and composer Leon Koto start the HKS Cool Summer Festival create a theatrical symphony of music from films such as Perhaps Love, The Warlords, The Great Magician and Monster Hunt.

Sounds Great! Classical Music in Movies
(3-5 August, HK City Hall Concert Hall)
Hong Kong Sinfonietta collaborates with conductor Jason Lai to present excerpts of classical masterpieces in films, including Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra, Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture and John Williams’ Star Wars.

Chochukmo: Reflection
(10-12 August, HK Cultural Centre Studio Theatre)
Local 5-piece indie rock band Chochukmo will join forces with the strings and brass of the orchestra to create an eccentric musical experience of tranquility and turbulence, stillness and motion.

Symphonic Jazz with Georg Breinschmid & Friends
(18 August, HK City Hall Concert Hall)
Georg Breinschmid was a double bass player in the Vienna Philharmonic before he started exploring jazz. His humorous style has made him popular with audiences and critics. He will be collaborating with Hong Kong Sinfonietta to present some of his own compositions and improvisations.

HKS Cool Summer Festival
Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Date: 20 July – 18 August, 2018
Venue: HK City Hall, Concert Hall; HK Cultural Centre, Studio Theatre
Tickets: from Urbtix

Tai Kwun, Disney Style Heritage

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The former Central Police Station, prison and court opens today after a $3.8bn renovation and transformation into Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts.

Tai Kwun, The Chinese name for the Central Police Station, is an impressive low rise space – a full city block in American parlance – in the centre of modern high-rise Central. As with many renovations and restorations it’s very sterile, the shells of the buildings remain but the character and identity have disappeared. Will the Jockey Club administrators allow the area to organically establish a new identity and character or will political correctness and ‘rules’ keep the area ‘old’ but sterile?

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The $ums spent mean that it will not be allowed to ‘fail’ a-la PMQ but there seems to be a lack of understanding, as evidenced by the convoluted name, as to what the space is. Is it a tourist attraction, a living museum, a centre for the arts, a shopping area or a community space? It’s big enough to be all of them but the objectives and needs of each are not always mutually compatible.

There are multiple shops and restaurants scheduled to open in the next few months and the stated intent is for the commercial tenants to fund the cultural programmes and ongoing costs. This seems unrealistic given the size of the space and the ambitions of the cultural side.

A Tai Kwun pass is needed to enter the area. The prison history of the space means there are only a few small and narrow entrances and exits and nervous government bean counters have limited Tai Kwun to 5,000 people at a time. After the novelty of the area wears off entrance should be easy, but for now expect to queue.

The undoubted ‘stars’ of Tai Kwun are the courtyard and the parade ground surrounded as they are by colonial style buildings themselves imprisoned within modern steel and glass. With land so valuable, there simple isn’t this style of space in modern Hong Kong – the current high temperatures and blue skies make it even more precious to be able to see and feel the clear blue sky, much as the previous tenants of yearned to be able to do.

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Take a wander around there is a lot to see, much of which feels contrived and sterile – the prison block is the only area left almost ‘au natural’. There are exhibition spaces, performance art areas, shows, shops… A mini Hong Kong themed Disneyland in heart of Central.

Tai Kwun is unique in Hong Kong, whether the various stakeholders allow it to evolve organically or keep it sterile and ‘faux’ Hong Kong we will have to wait and see.

Tai Kwun Opening Hours: 11am – 11pm
Apply for your free Tai Kwun entry pass: https://www.taikwun.hk/en/visit/taikwun_pass

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Hong Kong Pound Malaysia 91-10 on Road to World Cup

Hong Kong put in a 13-try performance against Malaysia in their Asia Rugby Championship encounter at the Hong Kong Football Club to move one step closer to the Rugby World Cup 2019 repechage. The championship finale against South Korea is on 2 June.

Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones declared the teams intent before the match – and then his players delivered on the pitch. The 91-10 defeat of Malaysia sets the stage for Hong Kong to claim its first Asian title since 2008.

Ignoring a kickable penalty in the opening minute, Hong Kong opted to kick deep for an attacking line-out which led to the game’s first try as lock Jamie Pincott smashed over for the all important early score.

Tries flowed thick and fast after that as Hong Kong had secured a bonus point and scored five tries inside the first 20-minutes.

Winger Max Denmark also scored his first try for Hong Kong this afternoon, moments after Pincott’s effort, before Conor Hartley crossed over untouched for his first try of the game, taking a clean ball from Lauder off a Hong Kong scrum deep in Malaysian territory.

Hartley followed up his effort with his second try moments later, this time off a barnstorming run with the towering winger unstoppable in the open field.  Hartley would add his third try to start the second half and late in the match set up Lauder’s second score with another punishing run and perfectly timed offload as Hong Kong piled the points on the board.

Captain Jamie Tsang added a first half try and Hong Kong were awarded a penalty try in the opening stanza after buckling Malaysia’s scrum on the visitors try-line.

Hong Kong scored seven tries in the first half with Ben Rimene converting five and fly half Matt Rosslee a sixth (there is no conversion attempt following a penalty try). Rimene maintained his perfect record in the second half, converting all of Hong Kong’s six tries after the break, as first Hartley then lock Jack Delaforce, reserve centre Jack Neville, reserve flanker Mike Parfitt, Lauder, and prop Adam Fullgrabe all crossed the try line in the final forty minutes.

Malaysia only mustered one telling attack in the first half and No.8 Etonia Saukuru finished well off the fringes of a scrum on the Hong Kong line. Late in the match, Malaysia added a penalty.

Hong Kong’s offensive display included four debutant: scrumhalf Henry Poon and forwards Ted Soppet, Chris Pierrepont and Ronan Donnelly and coach Leigh Jones was pleased with the result as it leaves South Korea with a mountain to climb in their hopes of advancing to the Rugby World Cup play-off stages.

“We stuck to it right to the end and our fitness levels were great,” said Jones. “It was always going to be a potentially difficult game, but for different reasons. It was important we tried a few youngsters today and we did that. We challenged the guys to be professional all week and I think they were today. We came out and gave ourselves a real good points difference cushion now over South Korea.”

Captain Jamie Tsang said: “I think in terms of what we tried to get out of the game it is job done, five points and some points difference which is good to take into the Korea game.”

“In terms of Korea our set piece needs to be strong, we have to keep our structures, and we hope it’ll be like this as they have some big players. We will be structured but also look to bring some chaos into our game.”

The winner of this season’s Asian championship will advance to a home-and-away series versus Cook Islands in July to determine with the winner advancing to a final four-team qualifier in France in autumn. Today’s result leaves Hong Kong in a commanding spot on the Asian championship table with Korea all but mathematically eliminated.

“Mathematically, we just need a bonus point now to be absolutely secure [over South Korea]. But I think we want a win. So only a win will do,” commented Jones.

Hong Kong
15. Richard Cooke, 14. Conor Hartley, 13. Tyler Spitz, 12. Matthew Rosslee, 11. Max Denmark, 10. Ben Rimene, 9. Jamie Lauder, 8. Kane Boucaut, 7. Philip Whitfield, 6. Nicholas Hewson, 5. Jack Delaforce, 4. Jamie Pincott, 3. Jack Parfitt, 2. Jamie Tsang (captain), 1. Adam Fullgrabe

Malaysia
15. Mohamad Aiman Jamaluddin, 14. Samuela Tamanisau, 13. Vatimio Rabebe, 12. Atunasia Lacadamu Takubu, 11. Mohd Azmir Zanul Abdin, 10. Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli (captain), 9. Aliff Sazrie Bn Azmi, 8. Etonia Vaqa, 7. Mohamad Syarif Saiful Aazwan, 6. Timoci Vunimoku, 5. Sae Faalupega, 4. Mohd Aliff Al Hafiz Abdul Kari, 3. Lawrence Petrus, 2. Amirul Mukminim Amizan, 1. Mohd Farid Sujari

Additional reporting and images: hkru, Asia Rugby