THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1982
FRONTIER CLOSED AREA SLIGHTLY EXTENDED
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THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SLIGHTLY IN THE WESTERN MAI PO MARSHES NEAR PAK HOK CHAU, SO THAT ROUGHLY, ITS LANDWARD BOUNDARY IS NOW THE SECURITY FENCE AND ITS SEAWARD BOUNDARY THE LOW-WATER MARK OF DEEP BAY.
THE ALIGNMENT OF THE AMENDED CLOSED AREA BOUNDARY IS DESCRIBED IN AN ORDER MADE BY THE GOVERNOR AND PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE EXTENDED CLOSED AREA IS MOSTLY MUD FLATS AND WILL NOT CAUSE INCONVENIENCE TO VILLAGERS.
THE USUAL RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CLOSED AREA WILL APPLY AND BIRD WATCHERS WHO WISH TO GO WITHIN THE EXTENDED AREA CAN APPLY FOR PERMITS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
KEEN COMPETITION IN TSING YI DRAGON BOAT RACES
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CHEERS AND EXCITEMENT FILLED THE AIR ON TSING YI THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING WHEN DRAGON BOAT PADDLES SPLASHED THROUGH THE WATER IN QUICK MOTION DURING THE TRADITIONAL RACES HELD NEAR THE ISLAND'S FERRY PIER.
FIFTEEN TEAMS, REPRESENTING SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, CONTESTED IN THE BOAT RACES WHICH COVERED A DISTANCE OF 700 METRES FROM MOON TSAI TONG TO TSING YI FERRY PIER.
THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD; AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, MR P.B. WILLIAMS, PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE WINNING TEAMS.
THE RACES WERE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE ISLAND'S TRADE AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, AND PARTLY FINANCED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, TO CELEBRATE THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL WHICH, THIS YEAR, FALLS ON TOMORROW.
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