News
Archive 1998 
DANCESPORT
ON TVB
Don't miss the Countdown To 1999 DanceSport Spectacular
on New Year's eve. It will be shown on Hong Kong television (TVB
Channel Jade) at 10:30pm Hong Kong Time.
Standard
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Latin
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Henry
Hong & Linda Chiu (Chinese Taipei) |
Kevin
Lin & Batty Liao (Chinese Taipei) |
Hau
Sek Ki & Law Lai Yin (Hong Kong) |
Yim
Wai-tak & Chan Hok-fung (Hong Kong) |
Shuen
Nin Wai & Cheng Shuet Mui (Hong Kong) |
Lai
Kim Ching & Flora Lam (Hong Kong) |
Guo
Hui & Zhao Qi (China) |
Zhang
Wei & He Bin (China) |
GOLD
MEDALIST
Congratulations to Mark Lin & Ruby Chang
representing Chinese Taipei on winning the gold medal in
the 13th Asian Games Standard Dance Event!!!
Full results are now available
on this website.
Standard
Dance Event |
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Latin
Dance Event |
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Mark
Lin

Ruby Chang |
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Surachai
Sriprapat

Weerawan Sripapat |
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Shen
Yi

Huang Wenjuan |
1 |
|
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Danny
Tsai

Jenny Chiu |
1 |
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2 |
Wang
Yi

Duan Baohua |
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2 |
Michael
Ma

Shirley Wang |
3 |
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3 |
BENNY TOLMEYER
CUP RESULTS
The results for the 1998
Benny Tolmeyer Cup
in
Taiwan are available now.
CHAMPIONHSIP
RESULTS
One of the biggest dance championship in Hong Kong (International
Ballroom Dancing Championships of Hong Kong 1998) which included
nearly 250 couples from 18 different countries was finally concluded
on the 6th December 1998. Partial results are available at our website's
result page.
HONG KONG
REPRESENTITIVE FOR TVB CHAMPIONSHIP
Shuen Nin Wai and Cheng Shuet Mui (Standard) and Lai
Kim Ching and Flora Lam (Latin) were selected on 6th
December 1998, in additional to Hau Sek Ki and Law Lai
Yin (Standard) and Yim Wai-tak and Chan Hok-fung
(Latin), to represent Hong Kong at the TVB Asian DanceSport Championship
on the 31st of December.
BIG PRIZES
Big prizes were handed out at an amateur dancing competition on
the 30th November 1998. Teddy Kwok and Connie Ngai
won the first prize (HK$5000 cash, HK$5000 dinner coupons and a
gold trophy weighing 5 taels of gold) dancing the rumba. Sam
Sze and Carmen Leung came second dancing rock n' roll,
Charles Tung and Diana Hang came third dancing the
Rumba.
CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS
The results for the '98 DanceSport Grandprix in Kyushu, the
IDSF World Latin Championship Bremerhaven,
Germany, the 1998 Benny Tolmeyer Cup in Taiwan and the
11th Hong Kong Open Latin Championship are now avaliable
on our results page.
TEA DANCES
The China Tee Club will be hosting Afternoon Tee Dances every
Saturday from 14th November. The host will be an instructor from
Teresa Dance Studios.
ASIAN
GAMES REPRESENTATIVE
The following couples have been selected to represent their respective
countries at the forthcoming 13th Asian Games Dancesport
Events :
Standard |
Shen
Yi & Huang Wen Juan |
China |
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Duan
Baohua & Wang Yi |
China |
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MOK
Chi-keung &
LAW Kam-yau |
Hong
Kong |
Hong
Kong Dance Sport Association |
Mark
Lin & Ruby Chang |
Chinese
Taipei |
Chinese
Taipei Dance Sport Association |
Latin |
Ma
Jun & Huang Rui |
China |
|
Xiao
Chang Jiang &
Liu Ying |
China |
|
YIM
Wai-tak &
CHAN Hok-fung |
Hong
Kong |
Hong
Kong Dance Sport Association |
Danny
Tsai & Jenny Chiu |
Chinese
Taipei |
Chinese
Taipei Dance Sport Association |
Kevin
Lin Batty Liao |
Chinese
Taipei |
Chinese
Taipei Dance Sport Association |
NEW BDFI
HONG KONG DIRECTTOR
Congratulations to Nick Fok, who has received unanimous vote
in favour (among two applicants) from the International Council
of Directors of The
Ballroom Dancers' Federation International (BDFI) and appointed
as the International Director of BDFI in Hong Kong with effective
from 9 October 1998. BDFI is an international organisation whose
objectives are to promote the spirit of good fellowship and sportsmanship
and to protect and advance the interests of competitors, demonstrators,
coaches, teachers, adjudicators, scrutineers and promoters internationally.
As the International Director of Hong Kong, Mr. Fok is entrusted
to promote BDFI and its objectives in Hong Kong.
AFFILIATES
Here's the recap of associations in Greater China which have ties
with or affiliated to international dance organizations:
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Name
& Position |
International
affiliate |
China
|
China
Amateur Dance Sport Association |
Mrs.
Wan Yun
President |
International
DanceSport Federation |
Hong
Kong
|
Ballroom
Dancers' Federation International |
Mr.
Nick Fok
International Director |
Ballroom
Dancers' Federation International |
Hong
Kong Ballroom Dancing Council Ltd. |
Mr.
Walter Wat
President |
World
Dance & Dance Sport Council |
Hong
Kong Dancesport Association |
Mr.
Stanley Au
President |
International
DanceSport Federation |
Taiwan
|
Ballroom
Dancers' Federation International |
Mr.
Alan Yeh
International Director |
Ballroom
Dancers' Federation International |
Chinese
Taipei Dance Sport Association |
Mr.
Royce Yeh
President |
International
DanceSport Federation |
ASIAN RANKING
COMPETITION
The '98 DanceSport Grandprix
in Kyushu is scheduled to be held in Oita Kyushu, Japan on Sunday,
15 November 1998. This competition includes the LACD Cup Latin and
LACD Cup Standard events which are designated as Asian Ranking events,
and are open to all Asian competitors.
CREATION
CUP
The 12th Hong Kong Open Ballroom and Latin Creation Cup Championship
presented by Creation Dancing Association held in Regent Hotel's
Ballroom on Sunday, 25 October 1998 will include a performance by
Italian Professional Latin Champions Sandro Cavallini & Hanna
Karttunen.
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