THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1975
DRAGON BOAT RACES TO CELEBRATE TUEN NG
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SATURDAY IS TUEN NG FESTIVAL DAY AND THOUSANDS WILL BE CELEBRATING THE OCCASION WITH TRADITIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES AT FISHING VILLAGES ALONG THE SHORES OF HONG KONG.
THE EVENTS COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF CHU YUAN, A CHINESE STATESMAN AND POET WHO SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR HIS PEOPLE SOME 2,200 YEARS AGO.
TUEN NG, WITH ITS SPECTACULAR DRAGON BOAT RACES, HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MAJOR HOLIDAYS IN THE LUNAR CALENDAR AND IS OBSERVED EVERY YEAR ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE FIFTH MOON.
THE MAIN RACES WILL BE HELD AT YAUMATI, TA! PO AND STANLEY.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL WATCH THE EVENTS AT YAUMATI TYPHOON SHELTER WHERE ABOUT 25 TEAMS WILL BATTLE FOR HONOURS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
IN STANLEY, A TOTAL OF 35 TEAMS HAVE ENTERED, INCLUDING NINE ALL-FEMALE TEAMS AND 10 FROM THE ARMED FORCÉS. AIR COMMODORE B.G. FROW WILL PRESENT THE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.
IN OTHER URBAN AREAS, RACES WILL BE HELD AT ABERDEEN AND KWUN TONG.
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, RACES WILL BE HELD IN TAI PO, TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN AND CHEUNG CHAU.
THE MAIN EVENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY IN TAI PO WHERE MORE THAN 30 TEAMS WILL TAKE PART. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EXHIBITION RACE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE 48 GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE AND FILM AND TELEVISION STARS. COMMODORE J.A.G. EVANS WILL DISTRIBUTE THE PRIZES.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR DR. S.Y. CHUNG WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO WINNERS OF THE TUEN MUN RACES WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE TUEN MUN RIVER CHANNEL.
LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE NEW TERRITORIES TO WATCH THE RACES IN TAI PO AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY IS PUTTING ON EXTRA TRAINS TO COPE WITH THE RUSH.
AS PARKING SPACES IN THE AREA IS LIMITED, SPECTATORS ARE URGED TO MAKE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
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