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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1991
AND TRADE OFFICE CO-OPERATION WITH THE
ECONOMIC IT WAS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG
IN AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION.
THE FESTIVAL
INCLUDED THE THE HONGKONGBANK, WELL AS AMERICAN
ASIDE FROM DELTA, THE SPONSORS OF NEW YORK OFFICES OF THREE MAJOR BANKS IN HONG KONG,
AS BANK, THE BANK OF EAST ASIA AND THE HANG SENG COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS.
OF MINI-STALLS
AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL, A "HONG KONG VILLAGE"
UP AT BATTERY PARK CITY DEMONSTRATING VARIOUS HANDICRAFTS WAS SET PLAZA. THERE WERE ALSO DEMONSTRATIONS OF NOODLE-MAKING, VARIOUS OF MARTIAL ARTS AND CLASSIC CHINESE DANCES AND MUSIC.
FORMS
THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES BEGAN WITH A PARADE OF ALL PARTICIPATING TEAMS LED BY A DANCING DRAGON OVER THE
PROMENADE QUARTER-OF-A-MILE ALONG THE COURSE OF THE RACE ON THE RIVER.
AND FOR RECREATION
YORK, BOTH MAJOR FINANCE, SHARED MANY COMMON
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING, SECRETARY
So, SAID HONG KONG AND NEW CULTURE, MR JAMES
AND INTERNATIONAL CENTRES OF BUSINESS FEATURES AND OFFERED MANY DIVERSE CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS.
DRAGON BOAT NEW YORK'S TIES. BETWEEN
THE HE SAID BY BRINGING THE REVERED TRADITION OF
то GREATLY FESTIVAL TO NEW YORK, HONG KONG HOPED TO ADD
CULTURAL CULTURAL LIFE AND AT THE SAME TIME STRENGTHEN THE TWO CITIES.
MR ROBERT DRAGON
ALSO ATTENDING WAS NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ABRAHMS, WHO PREDICTED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST HONG KONG BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK WOULD ENSURE IT BECOMING AN ANNUAL EVENT THE CITY.
IN
BETWEEN THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY WAS A CHARITY RACE
THE WALL THE HONGKONGBANK STREET LIONS CLUB, THE BANK OF EAST ASIA AND ONE OF
A TEAMS, FOR THE RIGHT TO ALLOCATE A DONATION TO
CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE FROM MONIES THEY HAD COLLECTED FROM AMONG THEMSELVES. THE STREET LIONS WON.
AND, AS IF AS A SIGN FOR FUTURE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT RACES NEW YORK, THE SUN BROKE THROUGH THE CLOUD COVER JUST AS THE LAST ENDED.
WALL
IN
RACE
SPECIAL STAMPS FOR 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF POST OFFICE
THE ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL, MISS ELLE SHUM (TUESDAY) THAT A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS WILL BE ISSUED ON AUGUST 25 MARK THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POST OFFICE.
ANNOUNCED TODAY
то
THIS SET OF STAMPS DEPICTS FIVE DIFFERENT POSTING BOXES DATING
IN USE BACK TO THE VICTORIAN DAYS. SOME OF THESE ARE STILL PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
IN
SOME
/THERE WILL