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SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1986
THE THEME WAS +COMMERCE AND CIVIC EDUCATION+.
TE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HICH WILL BE HELD AT MARINA ROOM OF THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL, CAUSEWAY BAY, ON TUESDAY AT 3.45 PM.
PROGRAMME FOR DRAGON BOAT RACES IN ABERDEEN
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FORTY-TWO TEAMS WILL BE TAKING PART IN DRAGON BOAT RACES TO BE HELD IN ABERDEEN ON JUNE 11 (WEDNESDAY) TO CELEBRATE THE ANNUAL TUEN NG FESTIVAL, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 1986 ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR KEUNG YIN-MAN, SAID.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (SUNDAY), MR KEUNG SAID RACES WOULD TAKE PLACE ALONG A 330-METRE CHANNEL OFF THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT FROM 9.30 AM TO 4.30 PM.
RACES WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FULL-SIZED DRAGON BOAT AND MEDIUM- SIZED DRAGON BOAT DIVISIONS, WITH THE LATTER SUB-DIVIDED INTO AN OPEN, LADIES OPEN, AND INVITATION SECTIONS.
THERE ARE 10 TEAMS COMPETING IN THE FORMER DIVISION AND 32 TEAMS IN THE LATTER DIVISION.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS ARE FROM FIRMS, FACTORIES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WOMEN ASSOCIATIONS AND FISHERMEN BODIES. WINNERS OF THE FOUR SECTIONS WILL COMPETE FOR THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT 4 PM.
THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL TONY BOAM, WILL
WINNERS OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT 4.15 PM. OF EACH OF THE FOUR SECTIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TROPHIES, WHILE ALL PARTICIPATING TEAMS WILL BE PRESENTED LARGE BANNERS.
TWO SPECTATOR STANDS WILL BE SET UP ON THAT DAY NEAR THE FLYOVER ADJOINING ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD AND THE ROAD THROUGH ABERDEEN. RESIDENTS CAN ALSO ENJOY RACES ALONGSIDE THE RECENTLY-COMPLETED PROMENADE AT THE WATERFRONT.
AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY FOR FOUR DRAGON BOATS WAS ALSO
HELD AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ARE ORGANISED JOINTLY WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD.
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