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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1994
REQUESTS
FOR
CUSTOMS
ATTENDANCE
CAN
BE
MET
WITHIN
THREE
WORKING DAYS.
THE
GROUP
IS
CHAIRED
BY
THE
ASSISTANT
(HEADQUARTERS),
MR
HIN-YEUNG. CUSTOMERS WHO MAKE REGULAR USE OF THE QUARTERLY INTERVALS.
TONG
ITS MEMBERS SERVICE AND THEY
ARE
COMMISSIONER CHOSEN FROM WILL MEET AT
1994 KHUD RACE
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THIS YEAR'S KHUD RACE WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER THE EVENT, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST COMPETITIONS IN. THE MILITARY CALENDAR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IS A 1.6-KILOMETRE RACE STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN 390-METRE HIGH NEW TERRITORIES MOUNTAIN NAMELESS HILL.
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JL
-
A
WELL OVER 100 RUNNERS FROM MAJOR AND MINOR UNITS BOTH GURKHA AND BRITISH SOLDIERS WILL TAKE PART IN THIS SPECTACULAR RACE WHICH TAKES ITS ROOTS AND ITS NAME FROM THE DAYS WHEN GURKHA REGIMENTS OF THE INDIAN ARMY WERE STATIONED ON THE NORTHWEST FRONTIER OF INDIA.
THEN, SMALL GROUPS OF SOLDIERS WERE NEEDED ΤΟ RACE TO MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO SECURE SAFE ADVANCE OF THE ARMY COLUMN.
OVER THE DECADES, IT DEVELOPED INTO A SPORT AND THE
TRADITION
OF THE RACE CONTINUED WHEN THE GURKHA BRIGADE MOVED TO HONG KONG OVER 40 YEARS AGO.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE RACE WHICH BEGINS AT 9 AM ON FRIDAY, THE RUNNERS WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE START LINE AT 8.50 AM.
FOURTEEN PLACES ON A ROYAL AIR FORCE HELICOPTER LEAVING FROM RAF SEK KONG WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ON A FIRST- COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. TRANSPORT TO SEK KONG FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES BARRACKS WILL LEAVE AT 6.30 AM PROMPT. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO TRAVEL BY HELICOPTER SHOULD RESERVE THEIR PLACE BY 588 3313 NO LATER THAN 4 PM TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
CALLING
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY TO THE VENUE ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE AT THE LOWER FOOTBALL FIELD, TAM MI CAMP, BETWEEN 7.30 AM AND 8 AM FROM WHERE SHUTTLE VEHICLES WILL TRANSPORT THEM TO THE START POINT.
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