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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1984
RACE
DRAGON BOAT RACES TO DRAW THOUSANDS
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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL FLOCK TO DRAGON BOAT
AND DISPLAYS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY ON MONDAY (JUNE 4) TOEBRATE THE TUEN NG FESTIVAL.
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE WILL TAKE A BREAK FROM THE IR BUSY SCHEDULES AND SHARE THE FUN WITH PEOPLE AT ONE OF THE RACES.
THIS YEAR THEY WILL GO TO THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER WHERE EIGHT LARGE-SIZED. 36 MEDIUM-SIZED AND 11 PHOENIX DRAGON BOAT TEAMS WILL TAKE PART IN A SERIES OF CONTESTS BEGINNING AT 11.30 AM.
SIR EDWARD WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNING TEAMS AT ABOUT 4,40 PM.
IN TAI PO, 50 ROWING TEAMS WILL COMPETE ALONGSIDE THE MAIN DAM OF PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 1 PM, COVERING A DISTANCE OF 1 000 METRES.
AN EXHIBITION RACE AMONG TEAMS FROM BANKS, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, A TELEVISION STATION AND A RADIO STATION WILL HIGHLIGHT THE DAY'S EVENT.
THE OFFICIATING GUEST WILL BE THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN.
ON THAT DAY, CYCLISTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RIDE ON TING KOK ROAD. SPECTATORS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE NO. 75K BUS PLYING BETWEEN TAI PO RAILWAY STATION AND TAI MEI TUK.
MORE THAN 20 000 SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE RACES ORGANISED BY THE FISHERMEN'S SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AT THE ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER IN SHAU KEI WAN WHERE NINE LARGE-SIZED AND THREE MEDIUM-SIZED DRAGON BOATS WILL BE COMPETING BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR AND WILL PRESENT TROPHIES TO THE CHAMPIONS.
IN TUEN MUN, THERE WILL BE 51 TEAMS, INCLUDING 14 PHOENIX BOATS, COMPETING BETWEEN 8.45 AM AND 1 PM ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF CASTLE PEAK TYPHOON SHELTER NEAR WU KING ESTATE.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, WILL PRESENT PRIZES, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S CUP, TO THE WINNING TEAMS.
SPECTATORS ARE ADVISED TO TRAVEL BY BUS ROUTES NO. 59 AND 61A, TO THE CASTLE PEAK TYPHOON SHELTER.
/IN SOUTHERN
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