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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988
SPECTATORS ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR DRAGON BOAT RACES
ARE 18)
BOAT
SPECTATORS GOING TO ONE OF THE TERRITORY'S LARGEST DRAGON
ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC RACES IN SHA TIN ON SATURDAY (JUNE
FOR THE SHA TIN TRANSPORT TO AVOID TRAFFIC CONGESTION, A SPOKESMAN DRAGON BOAT RACE ORAGANISING COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE "THE RACES, COMPRISING 136 TEAMS, ARE THE LARGEST-SCALE IN
FROM VISITORS
THE URBAN AREAS TO TERRITORY AND WE EXPECT LOTS OF WATCH THIS SPECTACULAR EVENT," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DIVISIONS,
BOAT OPEN,
PM, CONSIST OF EIGHT "THE RACES, FROM 7 AM TO 1
OPEN, BOAT
NORMAL-SIZE DRAGON NORMAL-SIZE NAMELY,
DRAGON FRIENDLY, NORMAL-SIZE DRAGON INVITATION, SMALL-SIZE DRAGON BOAT
INVITATION, BANKS INVITATION, WOMEN'S DRAGON BOAT OPEN, THE AIRPORT AND ATV INVITATION RACES, HE SAID.
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BOATS
HE SAID THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE HAD SPENT
OF NORMAL-SIZE, TO BUY THREE NEW DRAGON DESIGNED FOR WOMEN IN THIS YEAR'S RACES.
MORE THAN $80,000 SMALL-SIZE AND ONE
THE ON
SHING MUN RIVER BETWEEN
RACES WILL BE HELD THE SAND MARTIN BRIDGE AND BANYAN BRIDGE.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, WILL BE THE OFFICIATING GUEST,
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE IN SHAM SHUI PO
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE SECTION ROAD SOUTHBOUND IN SHAM SHUI PO BETWEEN TONKIN STREET AND BROKEN SALT STREET HAS BEEN CLOSED TO TRAFFIC SO THAT A CAN BE REPAIRED.
VEHICLES ON PO ON ROAD SOUTHBOUND ARE BEING TSEUNG STREET, KWONG LEE ROAD AND TONKIN STREET.
OF PO ON FAT TSEUNG WATER MAIN
DIVERTED VIA FAT
THE CLOSURE WILL BE IN FORCE UNTIL THE EMERGENCY ARE COMPLETED.
REPAIR WORKS