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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1977

GOVERNOR TO ATTEND DRAGON BOAT RACES AT TAI PO

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MAJOR DRAGON BOAT RACES WILL TAKE PLACE AT FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NEXT TUESDAY (JUNE 21) TO MARK THE ANNUAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.

TEAMS WILL ROW AND VIE FOR TROPHIES AT RACES AT TAI PO, TUEN MUN, TAI O ON LANTAU ISLAND, CHEUNG CHAU AND SAI KUNG.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE TAI PO RACES AND WILL PRESENT TROPHIES TO WINNING TEAMS. THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL ALSO ATTEND.

HEATS WILL START AT 9 A.M. IN TAI PO, AND THE GOVERNOR WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY BEFORE 10.30 A.M. IN TIME TO WATCH AN INVITATION RACE AND THE CHAMPION CUP FINAL.

AT TUEN MUN, RACES WILL BEGIN AT 9.30 A.M., AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR. HE WILL ARRIVE AT ABOUT NOON AND LATER PRESENT PRIZES TO WINNING TEAMS.

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (GENERAL), MR. MORRIS MORGAN, WILL WATCH THE RACES AT TAI O AND CHEUNG CHAU AND WILL LATER PRESENT PRIZES.

HE WILL ARRIVE AT TAI O AT ABOUT NOON AND LATER GO TO CHEUNG CHAU, ARRIVING THERE AT 3 P.M.

AT SAI KUNG, THE GUEST OF HONOUR WILL BE THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (DEVELOPMENT), MR. JOHN TODD, WHO WILL PRESENT PRIZES AT ABOUT 1 P.M.

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