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+WHEN MOTOR BOATS AND RUNABOUTS ARE MOORED CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH ONE ANOTHER DURING WINDY CONDITIONS, THEY SHOULD BE DRAWN TOGETHER AND SECURED WITH FORE AND AFT SPRINGS AND BREASTLINES WITH ADEQUATE FENDERING BETWEEN THEM, HE ADDED.
BOATS SHOULD BE ADEQUATELY COVERED TO PREVENT BEING SWAMPED BY RAIN WATER AND TEMPORARY AWNINGS SHOULD BE REMOVED TO REDUCE WINDAGE.
+PERMANENT WOODEN AWNINGS ARE OFTEN VULNERABLE BECAUSE THE WIND CAN GET UNDER THEM AND RIP THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OFF, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE CABIN SUPERSTRUCTURE, COVERS SHOULD BE SECURED BY MEANS OF OVERALL ROPE LASHINGS, EITHER TO OR UNDER THE HULL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID OTHER MEASURES SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN, SUCH AS TO SECURELY CLOSE AND BATTEN DOWN ALL OPENINGS, TO SEAL LEAKING HATCHES WITH WATER-PROOF TAPE AND TO LASH CABIN WINDOWS AND HATCH COVERS IF THE SECURING DEVICES ARE AT ALL SUSPECT.
30,000 WATCH TIN HAU CELEBRATIONS
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MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE LINED BOTH SIDES OF YUEN LONG MAIN
· ROAD TODAY (THURSDAY) TO WATCH A ONE-AND-A-HALF-MILE GRAND PROCESSION TO CELEBRATE TIN HAU FESTIVAL.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AMONG 5,000 INVITED GUESTS, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HUENG YEE KUK, MR. STEPHEN WONG, WHO PACKED THE YUEN LONG STADIUM TO ENJOY THE SPECTACULAR PAGEANT OF THE ANNUAL EVENT.
ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG SHAP PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $2 MILLION, MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE FROM 33 ORGANISATIONS AND +FA PAU+ ASSOCIATIONS TOOK PART IN THE PROCESSION.
THE PARADE STARTED AT THE YUEN LONG EASTERN BUS TERMINUS AND PASSED THROUGH YUEN LONG MAIN ROAD BEFORE REACHING THE STADIUM WHERE THE MAIN CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD.
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A WIDE VARIETY OF FLOATS AND PERFORMANCES WERE ON PARADE, INCLUDING THREE GOLDEN DRAGONS, A SILVER DRAGON, UNICORNS, SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN LIONS, CHIU CHOW GONGS AND DRUMS, LANTERN BEAUTY TROUPES, ACROBATIC DISPLAYS AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND MUSIC.
ONE OF THE GOLDEN DRAGONS MEASURED ABOUT 140 FEET LONG WITH 700 YOUNG MEN MANOEUVRING IT IN TURNS.
AFTER LEAVING THE STADIUM, THE PROCESSION HEADED FOR THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT TAI SHUE HAU WHERE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES WERE CONDUCTED.
THE PROCESSION THEN CAME TO A FITTING FINALE. NO SOONER HAD IT ENDED THAN IT STARTED TO RAIN A TRADITIONAL SIGN OF PROSPERITY ON TIN HAU'S BIRTHDAY.
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