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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1981

ROWING AND FUN DAY AT CASTLE PEAK BEACH

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MORE THAN 100 ROWERS WILL BE TAKING RART IN THE FIRST ROWING COMPETITION AND FUN DAY AT A GAZETTED PUBLIC BATHING BEACH, AT CASTLE PEAK IN TUEN MUN ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 27).

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE CASTLE PEAK BEACH ROWING COMPETITION IS AIMED AT PROMOTING BOAT ROWING AT A PUBLIC BEACH WHERE THE WATER IS NOT SUITABLE FOR SWIMMING.

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME FUN COULD TAKE PART IN SOME BOAT-ROWING FOR PLEASURE, WHICH WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR NTSD.

EVENTS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND FOR ADULT MEN AND WOMEN, AND WILL START AT 9 AM ON SUNDAY.

WINNERS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH SOUVENIRS.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, AND THE PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR DICKEN YUNG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EVENT,

ALSO TAKING PART AT THE FUNCTION AND PRESENTING PRIZES TO WINNERS WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT- THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR BILLY LAM- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURAL, RECREATION AND SPORT SUB-COMMITTEE OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHOW MAN-PING, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR TAN TUNG-CHIU,

NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT AT CASTLE PEAK BEACH, TUEN MUN, ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 27). THE ROWING COMPETITION WILL START AT 9 AM, AND THE PRIZE PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD AT ABOUT 11.30 AM.

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