Early Days
Grewal spent his childhood in his ancestral village of Ballowal in Ludhiana District, Punjab. He attended primary school in the village, and when the family returned to Hong Kong in 1947, continued his schooling at Sir Ellis Kadoorie School and then King's College. He is an avid field hockey fan, and in his younger days represented Hong Kong as a player at the international level, with the high points being the Asian Games in Djakarta (1962) and Bangkok (1966) and the Olympic Games in Tokyo (1964). He was an active member of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) from 1963 to 1984 when he retired with the rank of Major. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Regiment in 1987 and served in that capacity until 1990.
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