FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1984
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IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT, MORE THAN 40 TEAMS, INCLUDING FOUR PHOENIX BOATS, WILL TAKE PART IN THE RACES FROM 10.30 AM TO 5 PM AT TAI SHUE WAN IN FRONT OF OCEAN PARK'S SECOND ENTRANCE.
FOUR FISHERWOMEN WILL ALSO COMPETE IN A +PHOENIX SAMPAN+
RACE WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL EVENT IN ABERDEEN.
THOSE WISHING TO GO TO TAI SHUE WAN ARE ADVISED TO
TAKE BUSES RUNNING BETWEEN ADMIRALTY MTR STATION AND WONG CHUK HANG ESTATE BUS TERMINUS.
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, WILL BE THE OFFICIATING GUEST.
IN SAI KUNG, THE RACES WILL START AT 8 AM ALONG THE SAI KUNG HOT WITH 24 MEN'S TEAMS AND FOUR PHOENIX BOATS TAKING PART.
THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR PETER NG, WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNING TEAMS AT AROUND 12.30 PM.
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FOR THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS, RACES WILL BE HELD AT PUI O BEACH ON SOUTH LANTAU, WANG KEI AT TAI O, THE TYPHOON SHELTER IN FRONT OF PAK TAI TEMPLE ON CHEUNG CHAÚ, AND TUNG WAN AT MUI WO.
MOST OF THE RACES WILL LAST TILL THE AFTERNOON, WHILE ON PUI O BEACH, RACES WILL BE HELD IN THE MORNING ONLY.
THE RACES ARE ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, AND FINANCED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD AT A TOTAL OF ABOUT $40 000.
IN OTHER DISTRICTS, DRAGON BOAT RACES WILL BE HELD A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE FESTIVAL.
ON SUNDAY JUNE 3), THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON, WILL ATTEND THE FIRST EVER SHA TIN DRAGON BOAT RACE ALONG SHING MUN RIVER, WHERE 18 TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING.
MORE THAN 10 000 SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOCK TO SHA TIN FOR THE RACES TO BE HELD BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11.30 AM.
TOMORROW (SATURDAY), AN INTER-DISTRICT DRAGON BOAT RACE WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM AT THE CHAI WAN CARGO HANDLING BASIN AT THE SEAFRONT IN FRONT OF BLOCK 13 OF CHAI WAN ESTATE.
ALTOGETHER, NINE FISHERMEN TEAMS FROM SHAU KEI WAN, YAU MA TEI, ABERDEEN, CHEUNG CHAU, SAI KUNG AND OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY WILL TAKE PART IN THE RACE.
/THE REGIONAL
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