MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1974
DRAGON BOAT RACES NEXT WEEK
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THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, WHICH IS CELEBRATED YEARLY ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE FIFTH MOON IN THE LUNAR CALENDAR, THIS YEAR FALLS ON MONDAY, JUNE 24.
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, DRAGON BOAT RACES WILL BE HELD IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG TO MARK THE OCCASION.
THIS YEAR THE MAIN EVENTS WILL BE AT TAIPO, YAU MA TEI AND TUEN MUN. RACES WILL ALSO BE HELD AT CHAI WAN, BUT IT WILL TAKE PLACE TWO DAYS EARLIER.
COMMODORE J.A.G. EVANS WILL DISTRIBUTE THE PRIZES AT CHAI WAN.
IN TAIPO. MORE THAN 30 TEAMS WILL TAKE PART IN WHAT IS
TO BE
EXPECTED 109E THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE DAY. THERE WILL ALSO
BE AN EXHIBITION RACE BETWEEN FILM AND TELEVISION STARS IN TAIPO.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MR. DENYS ROBERTS, WILL BE THE QUEST OF HONOUR THERE, AND WILL PRESENT BANNERS TO THE WINNING TEAMS.
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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. DENIS 3RAY, WILL ATTEND THE RACES AT THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER AND DISTRIBUTE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.
SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT TUEN MUN, WHICH IS HOLDING ITS FIRST EVER DRAGON BOAT RACE.
THERE WILL BE LIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE RACES AT TAIPO AND YAU MA TEI.
RACES WILL ALSO BE HELD AT A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES, INCLUDING TSUEN WAN, CHEUNG CHAU AND STANLEY.
LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE NEW TERRITORIES TO WATCH THE DIFFERENT RACES AND THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY IS PUTTING ON EXTRA TRAINS FROM TSIM SHA TSUI TO TAIPO. RAILWAY SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TRAINS WOULD ALSO RUN IN THE LATE EVENING IF TRAFFIC SITUATION WARRANTS IT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS CONFERENCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMING DRAGON BOAT RACE IN YAUMATEI TYPHOON SHELTER WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 12.30 P.M. AT SAN BONG RESTAURANT, BOWRING STREET, YAUMATEI, KOWLOON, TO EXPLAIN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EVENT.
ATTENDING WILL BE MR. LAU CHAU-WA, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER CYAUMATEI) AND MR. PANG YIU- SUN, CHAIRMAN OF THE 1974 DRAGON BOAT DISPLAY ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
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