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EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT TO COLLECT PUBLIC VIEWS ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, DISTRIBUTE THE EASTERN DISTRICT HANDBOOK PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD; AND PROMOTE THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES SCHEME FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS.
THE SHOW WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON SUNDAY FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM ON RTHK'S RADIO ONE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, AND THE HEAD OF THE CHINESE PROGRAMME SERVICES OF RTHK, MR CHÚ PUI-HING WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EASTERN DISTRICT CARNIVAL AND THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 1 PM ON SUNDAY (MAY 12) IN THE BASKETBALL COURT OF VICTORIA PARK.
DRAGON BOAT RACE ENTRIES SOUGHT ****
ROWING ENTHUSIASTS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE SHA TIN DRAGON BOAT RACE ON THE SHING MUN RIVER ON JUNE 22 (SATURDAY).
THIRTEEN FIBRE-GLASS DRAGON BOATS, COSTING MORE THAN $400 000, AND DONATED BY THE SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES COMPANY LIMITED, WILL BE USED IN THE 650-METRE RACE FROM MARTENS BRIDGE TO BANYON BRIDGE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN DRAGON BOAT RACE 1985 ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHOY KAN-PUI SAID ABOUT $250 000 WOULD BE SPENT ON THE EVENT WITH THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD CONTRIBUTING $43 000.
→THE SECTION OF THE SHING MUN RIVER BETWEEN THE TWO BRIDGES HAS THE BEST WATER COURSE AND IS IDEAL FOR ROWING COMPETITIONS.
+AS A LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED ON THAT DAY, THE MARTENS BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC, AND STANDS WILL BE ERECTED NEAR THE BRIDGE, HE ADDED.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ENTRIES IS 50 WITH EACH TEAM HAVING 27 MEMBERS COMPRISING A PADDLING CREW OF 24, A DRUMMER, A GONG- BEATER AND STEERSMAN. EACH TEAM WILL HAVE TO PAY AN ENTRANCE FEE OF $800, A SPONSORSHIP FEE OF $500 AND A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT OF $1 000.
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