NOTE TO EDITORS1
ON
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1981
GOVERNOR TO ATTEND DRAGON BOAT RACES
*****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL ATTEND TAI PO DRAGON BOAT RACES ON SATURDAY (JUNE 6) AND PRESENT PRIZES TO WINNING TEAMS.
THE RACES, STARTING AT 9.30 AM, WILL BE HELD AT SHUEN WAN
THE FINALS HOT, ALONG THE MAIN DAM OF PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR. WILL START AT 12.45 PM.
SPECIAL BADGES FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES, ISSUED ON A 'FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED' BASIS, WILL BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM.
GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 9.30 AM. STAFF OF THE NTA INFORMATION UNIT WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.
MOORINGS TO MARK WAN CHAI BOAT RACES
***
MOORINGS WILL BE LAID ON JUNE 8 AT THE WAN CHAI WATERFRONT IN PREPARATION FOR THE 1981 INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES TO BE HELD ON JUNE 14 (SUNDAY) BETWEEN THE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER AND THE EASTERN END OF FENWICK PIER, FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM.
THE MOORINGS WILL MARK THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE COURSE, WHICH RUNS ABOUT 170 METRES NORTH OF THE WAN CHAI SEAWALL.
ALL VESSELS NAVIGATING IN THE VICINITY ARE REQUESTED TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
ON THE RACE DAY, THE AREA OFFSHORE WILL BE RESTRICTED AND NO UNAUTHORISED CRAFT WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE VICINITY.
17
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.