Chess archive: First Asian team chess championship 1974 (Part 3)

The chess articles here are taken from the old homepage of the Penang Chess Association on Geocities. I wrote them about 10 years old, taken from old records and newspaper cuttings in my possession. In this item and the next, I shall continue with the first Asian team chess championship in Penang at the end of 1974. From the souvenir programme:

OPENING CEREMONY Tuesday, 10th December 1974
5.00pm	Arrival of His Excellency the Governor of Penang, Tun Datuk Syed Sheh Barakbah, SMN, SSM, DUPN, SPMK, PSB State Anthem
5.05pm	Welcoming speech by Chairman, Organising Committee, YB State Secretary, Encik Mohamed bin Yeop Abdul Raof, KMN
5.15pm	Speech by President, FIDE Zone 10, Prof Dr Lim Kok Ann
5.25pm	Speech by Hon Chief Minister of Penang, Dr Lim Chong Eu
5.35pm	Speech by His Exellency the Governor of Penang and declaring open the competition
6.20pm	Life Chess display
6.40pm	State Anthem Refreshment His Excellency the Governor leaves for Residency

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
AUSTRALIA Mr Max Fuller 2365 Mr Michael Woodhams Mr Arthur Pope Mr William Jordan Mr Philip Viner (Captain)	HONGKONG Mr Kan Wai Shui 2360 Mr Sin Kuen Mr Ko Chi (Captain) Mr Fung Yee Wang Mr Chan Yau Fan Mr Pang Chun Kau
INDONESIA Mr Arovah Bachtiar 2305 (Captain) Mr Jerry S Sampouw 2280 Dr Max Wotulo Mr M Simulingga Mr Dipo Manager: Rear Admiral F Sumanti	JAPAN Mr I Haruyama Mr Sato Mr H Tenjinbayashi Mr S Sugaya Mr N Seki Mr Y Matsumoto (Captain)
MALAYSIA Mr Abdul Rahman Ahmad Mr Chew Soon Keong Mr Quah Seng Sun Mr Tan Kai Ming Mr Jerry Augustus Mr Atan Ahmad (Captain/Manager)	NEW ZEALAND Mr Andrew Day (Captain) Mr Peter Goffin (Manager) Mr D Flude Mr Murray Chandler Mr Robert Gibbons Mr Peter Clarke
PHILIPPINES Mr Rodolfo Tan Cardoso 2335 (Captain) Mr Glenn Bordonada Mr Roger Adella Mr Cesar Caturla Mr Rico Mascarinas Mr Rafaeltis Maninang	SINGAPORE Mr Giam Choo Kwee 2210 (Captain) Mr Lim Seng Hoo Mr Goh Cheng Hong Mr Chan Peng Kong Mr Terrence Wong Mr Koh Sei Hian

Below are the photos from either The Star or The Straits Echo:

The Malaysian team - from right, Quah Seng Sun (from Penang), Jerry Augustus (from Johor), Tan Kai Ming (from Penang), Chew Soon Keong (from Selangor, originally from Penang) and Abdul Rahman Ahmad (from Kelantan). Seated to the right of the Malaysian team were the Indonesians and the Australians.

The Life Chess display during the opening ceremony of the championships. The performers were pupils from the Han Chiang Primary School.