Two HK Rugby Players Confirmed Killed in Bali Blast

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Two HK Rugby Players Confirmed Killed in Bali Blast

The Hong Kong Football Club confirmed Tuesday that two of its members had been killed in Saturday's bomb attack in Bali.

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The Hong Kong Football Club confirmed Tuesday that two of its members had been killed in Saturday's bomb attack in Bali.

Clive Walton, 33, and Peter Record, 32, were both British players at the Bali Rugby 10's Tournament, said the club, one of the 13 members of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union.

So far, their five teammates and two supporters, most of them British, aged from 28 to 39, were still missing and hopes of their survival are fading.

"Whilst we continue to hold out hope of finding those still missing, each passing hour makes success all the more unlikely," Mark Pawley, general manager of the club told a press conference.

HK alert to terrorist attack

Hong Kong Secretary for Security Regina Ip said Tuesday that the Hong Kong government will continue to take necessary measures to protect Hong Kong from possible terrorist attacks.

"We always update our threat assessment in the light of information. Our assessment remains that Hong Kong is a relatively low threat area compared to other parts of the world," Ip told the media at the Central Government Office when asked about the Bali bomb attacks in Indonesia late Saturday.

"But we cannot rule out such a possibility. So we will continue to step up liaison with other security agencies and take the necessary precautionary measures against possible attacks," she said.

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