FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1982
SAI KUNG TEAM TO COMPETE IN PENANG DRAGON BOAT RACE
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THE SAI KUNG DRAGON BOAT TEAM, HEADED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, YR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, TODAY LEFT FOR PENANG TO COMPETE IN THE PENANG INTERNATIONAL BOAT FESTIVAL.
TO BOOST THE TEAM'S MORALE, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, OFFICIATED AT THE PENNANT PRESENTATION AT KAI TAK AIRPORT BEFORE DEPARTURE.
THE SAI KUNG TEAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF 32 MEMBERS, IS AMONG THE MOST WELL-KNOWN DRAGON BOAT RACERS IN HONG KONG.
LAST YEAR, THEY WON BOTH THE HONG KONG AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES AFTER KEEN COMPETITIONS WITH LOCAL TEAMS AND OTHERS FROM MACAU, SINGAPORE, PENANG, NAGASAKI AND HAWAII.
MR CHAN, THE IR LEADER, SAID TO PREPARE FOR THE PENANG RACE, OUR MEMBERS HAVE GONE THROUGH TOUGH TRAINING SINCE MARCH, INCLUDING PHYSICAL TRAINING AND ROWING TECHNIQUE.+
HE ADDED THAT THE TEAM WOULD TRY THEIR BEST TO BRING VICTORY NOT ONLY TO SAI KUNG BUT TO HONG KONG AS WELL.
LOCALLY IN SAI KUNG, 24 TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN DRAGON BOAT RACES TO BE HELD AT THE INNER PORT SHELTER ON JUNE-25 WHEN THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR LEWIS DAVIES, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR.
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THREE DAYS BEFORE THE RACES ON TUESDAY (JUNE 22), SIX NEW DRAGON BOATS MADE OF FIBRE GLASS WILL BE LAUNCHED AND HAVE THE IR EYES DOTTED AT THE SEASIDE BAR OF SURF HOTEL.
MR MACPHERSON THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN- THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY.
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