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MONDAY, AUGSUT 22, 1994
ON AUGUST 31 A HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED AT ALL POST OFFICES, EXCEPT THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE, ΤΟ OFFICIAL AND PRIVATELY-MADE COVERS BEARING AN INDICATION OF THE EVENT.
A SPECIAL POSTMARK AND A CACHET FOR GENERAL CANCELLATION PURPOSES WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 31.
HONG KONG HOLDS DRAGON BOAT RACES IN NEW YORK
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THE UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION TEAM FROM PHILADELPHIA BEAT 11 OTHER TEAMS TO CAPTURE THE HONG KONG DRAGON CHAMPIONSHIP ON SUNDAY (NEW YORK TIME) AS THE FOURTH ANNUAL HONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK REACHED ITS HIGH POINT.
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WITH A WINNING TIME OF THREE MINUTES 24 SECONDS, THE WINNER OUT-PADDLED TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN A 500-METRE RACE ON THE HUDSON RIVER OFF LOWER MANHATTAN.
THE TEAM WILL BE FLOWN TO HONG KONG BY UNITED AIRLINES ΤΟ COMPETE IN THE 1995 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACE.
THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH-PLACE WINNERS WERE MID-ATLANTIC PADDLERS ASSOCIATION TEAM FROM VIRGINIA, BEAVER BOAT CLUB TEAM FROM BOSTON AND BIG APPLE TEAM FROM NEW YORK RESPECTIVELY.
THE PHILADELPHIA TEAM ALSO CAME FIRST IN LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP RACE IN NEW YORK AND REPRESENTED THE U.S. IN THE JUNE 1994 INTERNATIONAL RACES IN HONG KONG.
A CROWD OF 140,000
VIEWED THE RACE AS THEY ATTENDED THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL WHICH WAS PRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN NEW YORK AND HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. THE FESTIVAL WAS SPONSORED BY HONGKONGBANK.
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"I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT SINCE THE LAUNCHING OF THE FIRST HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK IN 1991, THIS INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AND SPORTING EVENT HAS REALLY CAUGHT ON IN NEW YORK, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER FOR ECONOMIC AND TRADE AFFAIRS IN USA, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID.
"IT IS ANOTHER REMARKABLE YEAR FOR THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.
"THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 42 TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE DRAGON BOAT RACES WHICH IS FOUR TIMES THAT OF 1991. MOREOVER, THE SCOPE OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS EVEN LARGER THAN LAST YEAR. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE FESTIVAL WILL HELP TO BRING BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND HONG KONG COMMUNITIES TO A CLOSER BUSINESS, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TIES, HE SAID.
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