SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1989
4.
11
NEW DRAGON BOATS LAUNCHED IN TAI PO
THIS YEAR'S
TWO NEWLY-BUILT DRAGON BOATS FOR BOAT RACE WERE LAUNCHED AT A CEREMONY AT THE TAI WONG YUEN CHAU TSAI, TAI PO, THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING,
THE
WITH AN
OFFERING
OF
TAI
PO DRAGON YEH SHRINE IN
JOSS-STICKS
AND
TAI WONG YEH, BY THE BOAT RACE COMMITTEE, MR HO YICK-MING AND MISS MARY
BEGAN CEREMONY DELICACIES TO THE PATRON GOD OF FISHERMEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT DRAGON YUNG-SANG, AND THE VICE-CHAIRMEN, MR CHUNG CHOW.
PRAYERS THEN FOLLOWED IN THE HAKKA DIALECT.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES. MR AND THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE DOTTED THE EYES OF THE DRAGON BOATS.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN EXHIBITION RACE BY IN LAST YEAR'S RACE.
ADOLF
HSU,
LEE,
THEN
TWO WINNING TEAMS
NEW BOATS WILL BE USED COSTING ABOUT $30,000 EACH, THE TWO
DRAGON BOAT RACE TOGETHER WITH 19 OTHER DRAGON BOATS FOR THE TAI PO THIS YEAR.
DRAGON
AND
THE
ON
THE RACE PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOAT RACE COMMITTEE 1989 AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL
BOARD. THE RACES WILL THE TAI PO DISTRICT
TAKE PLACE ALONG 9.30 AM TO 1 PM WATERFRONT OF TAI PO INDUSTRIAL THURSDAY JUNE 8).
ESTATE FROM
DRAGON BOAT RACES IN ABERDEEN ATTRACT 76 TEAMS
* * *
PART
THURSDAY (JUNE 8) IN
A TOTAL OF 76 TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE TERRITORY WILL TAKE IN THE ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACE PROGRAMME ON CELEBRATION OF THE TUEN NG FESTIVAL.
IN THE OLDEST
AN ANNUAL EVENT WITH A LONG TRADITION PORT OF HONG KONG, THE DRAGON BOAT RACE HAS BEEN CO-ORGANISED
1989 AND THE
ABERDEEN DRAGON SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, AND IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
FISHING BY THE RACE
BOAT
THE SECRETARY FOR
DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATION,
MR
DONALD
LIAO,
WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOLLOWING THE RACES, ALONG A 330-METRE COURSE OFF WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS WILL
INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG; AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS SO CHAU YIM-PING.
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