SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982
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INTERNATIONAL REGATTA AT SHING MUN RIVER
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THE SHING MUN RIVER IN SHA TIN WILL BECOME THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CLASS ROWING COURSE IN HONG KONG WHEN AN INTERNATIONAL REGATTA IS TO BE HELD ON THE COMING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (MAY 1 AND 2).
THE 1982 HONG KONG ROWING COMPETITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ROWING ASSOCIATION, THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD AT A STRETCH OF 1 500 METRES WATER COURSE OF THE SHING MUN RIVER NEXT TO THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.
THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA HAS ATTRACTED ENTRIES FROM 85 VISITING OARSMEN OF 11 OVERSEAS ROWING CLUBS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA AND BURMA. FORTY LOCAL ROWING ENTHUSIASTS FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE ROWING CLUB, ISLAND SCHOOL ROWING CLUB AND SOUTH ISLAND SCHOOL ROWING CLUB WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN THE CONTEST.
THE COMPETITION WILL CONSIST OF 11 EVENTS INCLUDING COXED FOUR, COXLESS PAIR AND SINGLE SCULL FOR THE OPEN GROUP COXED FOUR, COXED PAIR AND SINGLE SCULL FOR SENIOR GROUP- COXED FOUR AND SINGLE SCULL FOR JUNIOR GROUP SINGLE SCULL FOR VETERAN- AND COXED FOUR AND SINGLE SCULL FOR LADIES GROUP.
HEATS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING WHILE THE FINALS BETWEEN 1.30 PM AND 4 PM ON SUNDAY (MAY 2).
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH THE RACES AT THE SITE OF THE ROWING CENTRE ADJACENT TO THE FLOATING RESTAURANT AT SHA TIN. THE COMPETITION IS TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE WATER SPORT, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ADDING THAT THE WELL-KNOWN EVENT WAS HELD ANNUALLY ON THE THAMES RIVER IN LONDON.
DURING THE COURSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CREATED A NEAR PERFECT ARENA FOR AN INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC STANDARD SIX-LANE AND 2 000-METRE ROWING COURSE AT THE LOWER FOUR KILOMETRES OF THE SHING MUN RIVER.
THE WATER COURSE OF THE RIVER IS STRAIGHT AND THE STRETCH OF THE COURSE IS LONG AND WIDE ENOUGH WHILE THE SURFACE WATER CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY GOOD FOR ROWING ACTIVITIES, SAID THE SPOKESMAN,
A SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROWING CENTRE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ROWING ASSOCIATION AND THE BUILDING OF A CLUB HOUSE IS UNDERWAY.
/EXPLAINING HOT