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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1994
HK DRAGON BOAT RACING TAKES TO USA WATERS
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HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT RACING IS SPREADING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS A DRAGON BOAT ROWING TEAM CAN PLY THE WATER.
FOURTEEN TEAMS ARE GLIDING ACROSS FORT POINT CHANNEL IN MASSACHUSETTS TODAY (SATURDAY) TO COMPETE IN EXCITING HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT RACES.
HONG WILL CITY.
THE WINNING TEAM WILL BE REPRESENTING BOSTON TO RACE IN THE KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES IN NEW YORK, WHICH BE HELD ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 21) ON THE HUDSON RIVER IN .NEW YORK
THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE AND HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK AND SPONSORED BY HONGKONG BANK.
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THE WINNER OF THE NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP RACE WILL BE FLOWN HONG KONG BY UNITED AIRLINES, THE OFFICIAL RACE CARRIER, TO COMPETE IN THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL RACES IN JUNE NEXT YEAR.
CEREMONIES FOR THE DRAGON BOAT RACES IN BOSTON WILL BEGIN AT NOON WITH AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY, FOLLOWED BY A PARADE LED BY A LION DANCE. THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN NEW YORK, MR ALEX FONG, IS INVITED AS AN OFFICIATING GUEST IN TODAY'S EVENT.
TEAMS FROM BOSTON WILL RACE ON FOUR AUTHENTIC 39-FOOT HONG KONG DRAGON BOATS, SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW. YORK INC, OVER A 500-METRE COURSE ON FOOT POINT CHANNEL
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE BOSTON RACE IS THE SECOND LEG OF A THREE-CITY TOURNAMENT THAT CULMINATES IN THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT CHAMPIONSHIP RACES IN NEW YORK.
THE FIRST RACE WAS WON BY THE U.S. DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION PHILADELPHIA ON MAY 15.
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ON AUGUST 13 AND 14 (SATURDAY AND SUNDAY), THE ALL NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT RACE WILL BE HELD TO SELECT COMPETITORS FOR THE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP RACE THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY ON THE HUDSON RIVER IN LOWER MANHATTAN OF BATTERY PARK CITY.
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