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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1986
A TOTAL OF 39 TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN VARIOUS.CATEGORIES OF PACES PETWEEN 8.30 AM AND 3 PM AT THE WATERFRONT OF SAI KUNG TOWN. THE WINNER OF THE MEN'S OPEN RACE WILL REPRESENT SAI KUNG IN THE INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACE ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION.
THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE TUEN MUN RACES WILL BE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS.
THE RACES WILL BE HELD BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM IN THE CASTLE PEAK BAY TYPHOON SHELTER OFF THE SEASHORE AT WU KING ESTATE. THERE WILL BE 47 TEAMS COMPETING IN LARGE, MEDIUM AND PHOENIX BOATS.
AT STANLEY MAIN BEACH ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 77 TEAMS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT RACES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5 PM.
THE ISLANDS DISTRICT RACES WILL BE SPREAD OVER FOUR LOCATIONS ON LANTAU ISLAND AND CHEUNG CHAU.
ON LANTAU, THERE WILL BE RACES AT WANG AY IN TAL 0, MUI WO BEACH AND PUI O IN SOUTH LANTAU WHILE CHEUNG CHAU'S RACES WILL BE HELD IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER.
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THE FOLLOWING ARE PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR COVERING THE ATTENDANCE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT DRAGON BUAT RACES:
YAU MA TEI - THE GOVERNOR WILL ARRIVE ABOARD THE LAUNCH
LADY MAURINE AT ABOUT 3.30 PM. HE WILL DISEUBARK AT A PONTOON AND MEET ORGANISERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. SIR EDWARD WILL ALSO PRESENT PRIZES AND BANNERS ON THE PONTOON.
THERE WILL BE A FIXED PRESS POSITION ON THE PONTOON. AS THERE ARE LIMITED PRESS BADGES AVAILABLE, ONE ORGANISATION WILL BE ENTITLED TO ONLY ONE PRESS BADGE, THEY CAN BE COLLECTED AT THE NEWS AND PUBLICITY DIVISION OF CNTA, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, 12TH FLOOR, 7 CANTON ROAD, HARBOUR CITY, TSIM SHA TSU!.
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