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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1985

THE SAI KUNG DRAGON BOAT RACE WILL FEATURE 28 TEAMS IN THE MEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, FOUR TEAMS IN THE PHOENIX RACE, FOUR TEAMS IN THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CUP RACE AND EIGHT TEAMS IN A CHARITY RACE.

RACES WILL BE FROM 8.30 AM TO 3 PM ALONG THE SEAFRONT OF SAI KUNG TOWN, AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR IAN MACPHERSON, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR.

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IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, DRAGON BOAT RACES WILL BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT STANLEY MAIN BEACH BEGINNING AT 8 AM WITH 77 TEAMS TAKING PART IN THREE MAIN EVENTS.

A TOTAL OF 40 RACES WILL BE HELD AT 15-MINUTE INTERVALS FEATURING 33 TEAMS IN THE EUROPEAN MEN'S SECTION, 31 TEAMS IN THE CHINESE MEN'S EVENT AND 13 LADIES TEAMS.

THE GUEST OF HONOUR WILL BE THE CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE OF HMS TAMAR, CAPTAIN C.W. GOTTO.

FOR OUTLYING ISLANDS, RACES WILL BE HELD AT PUI O BEACH ON SOUTH LANTAU, TAI O AND MUT WO ALSO ON LANTAU, AND THE TYPHOON SHELTER IN FRONT OF PAK TA! TEMPLE ON CHEUNG CHAU,

LIAO SPENDS BUSY DAY IN THE NT

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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, HAD A BUSY DAY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (THURSDAY), TOURING THE BORDER AREA, ATTENDING A DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AND VISITING A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TUEN MUN.

TRAVELLING BY HELICOPTER, MR LIAO WENT TO SHA TAU KOK WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR IAN WOTHERSPOON, THE

AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU YUM-MAN, NORTH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR TAO MAN-KWONG.

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HE WAS BRIEFED ON REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR SHA TAU KOK WHICH INCLUDE A TOWNSHIP FOR A PLANNED POPULATION OF 6 000, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND THE CLEARANCE OF SQUATTER STRUCTURES AT YIM LIU HA AND TSO YUEN KOK AREAS.

LATER, AT MAN KAM TO, HE WAS BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE AREA AND PLANS TO IMPROVE THE CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC SITUATION.

THE NEXT STOP WAS TUEN MUN, WHERE HE ATTENDED THE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING.

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