FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1981
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SHA TIN'S FIRST REGATTA TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW
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THE FIRST REGATTA IN SHA TIN WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
IT WILL BE HELD ON A 500-METRE STRETCH OF THE SHING MUN RIVER STARTING AT 2.30 PM. THERE WILL BE FOURS AND SCULLS EVENTS INVOLVING ABOUT 60 OARSMEN.
THE REGATTA IS ORGANISED BY SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ROWING ASSOCIATION.
IN WELCOMING THE DECISION OF THE ASSOCIATION TO HOLD A REGATTA IN SHA TIN, SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE SAID IT WAS EVIDENCE OF THE IMPROVED STATE OF THE RIVER, WHICH IS UNDERGO ING A $5 MILLION CLEAN-UP.
HE SAID ALTHOUGH THERE WAS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO BE DONE ON THE RIVER, INCLUDING DREDGING, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT WITHIN 12 - 18 MONTHS IT WOULD BE READY FOR USE FOR A WIDE RANGE OF BOATING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING COMPETITIONS. HE HOPED THE REGATTA WOULD BE HELD ANNUALLY.
THE RIVER CHANNEL WILL EVENTUALLY BE ABOUT FOUR KILOMETRES IN LENGTH STRETCHING FROM TAI WAI TO MA LIU SHUI AND BE ABOUT FOUR-SIX FEET DEEP.
THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO, SINCE THEN TONS OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL WASTE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE RIVER. MORE CLEARANCE WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THIS YEAR TO REMOVE THE MAJOR REMAINING CAUSES OF RIVER POLLUTION.
IN DUE COURSE THE SHING MUN RIVER WILL BE TREE-LINED AND RUN ALONGSIDE THE TOWN PARK. IT WILL BE A MAJOR ATTRACTION IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN WHICH WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF 750 000 BY 1990.
OFFICIATING AT TOMORROW'S OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE DR HASE AND MR BOB WILSON, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ROWING ASSOCIATION.
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