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SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1987
MR LAM SAID THE ACTIVITIES MUST BE HELD BETWEEN JUNE 1 AND SEPTEMBER 30 THIS YEAR AND MUST BE NON-PROFIT MAKING.
THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTEE HAS SET ASIDE A BOUT $200 000 FOR ORGANISATIONS OTHER THAN MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS TO APPLY.
ANOTHER APPLICATION EXERCISE WOULD BE HELD IN JULY.
MORE TEAMS FOR SHA TIN DRAGON BOAT RACE
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A TOTAL OF 119 DRAGON BOAT TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING FOR TOP HONOURS IN THE SHING MUN RIVER DURING THE COMING TUEN NG FESTIVAL ON MAY 31.
THE RACE, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE SECTION OF THE RIVER BETWEEN BANYAN BRIDGE AND SAND MARTIN BRIDGE COVERING A DISTANCE OF 650 METRES, HAS BEEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS IN SHA TIN.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN DRAGON BOAT RACE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN WAI SAID: THIS YEAR, 30 MORE TEAMS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE DRAGON BOAT RACE THAN LAST YEAR.
+THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE SECTORS, JOURNALISTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, HE SAID.
THE RACE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE DIVISIONS, FEATURING MEDIUM BOATS, SMALL BOATS AND PHEONIX DRAGON BOATS. ALTOGET HER THERE ARE 56 TEAMS FOR THE MEDIUM, 42 FOR SMALL AND 21 FOR PHEONIX RACES.
MORE THAN 50 000 SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO WATCH THE RACE. THE RACE WHICH STARTS AT 8 AM ON MAY 31 WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY TVB.
COSTING $400 000, WITH $15 000 FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE RACE IS ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND ASSISTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
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