FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1986
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HUNDREDS TO WATCH SAI KUNG RACES
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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO FLOCK TO SA! KUNG ON JUNE 11 (WEDNESDAY) TO WATCH THE ANNUAL DRAGON BOAT RACES AT THE WATERFRONT OF SAI KUNG TOWN.
KEEN COMPETITION IS EXPECTED AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE VYING FOR TOP HONOURS AND THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACES.
THE RACES, SPONSORED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD AND THE HONG KONG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED (HAECO), ARE ORGANISED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT DRAGON BOAT RACING ASSOCIATION UNDER THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE.
THIRTY-NINE TEAMS, WITH MORE THAN 1 600 PARTICIPANTS, WILL COMPETE IN THE RACES TO BE HELD FROM 8.30 AM TO 3 PM OVER A 1 300-METRE COURSE FROM YEUNG CHAU ISLAND TO THE WATERFRONT FOR SAI KUNG TOWN.
APART FROM THE MEN'S OPEN RACES AND A PHOENIX RACE, A +ROW FOR CHARITY+ RACE ORGANISED BY OXFAM AND A HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP+ RACE SPONSORED BY HAECO WILL ALSO BE HELD.
THE WINNER OF THE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP WILL REPRESENT SAI KUNG DISTRICT IN THE INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT RACE ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION.
THE SAI KUNG TEAM HAS A PROUD RECORD OF WINNING SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL RACES AND HAD REPRESENTED HONG KONG SIX TIMES IN INTERNATIONAL RACES HELD IN PENANG IN MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND WEST GERMANY.
SAI KUNG IS ALSO THE FIRST AMONG LOCAL ORGANISERS TO PROMOTE SPONSORED, FUND-RAISING DRAGON BOAT RACES. THIS YEAR, 11 TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN RACES TO RAISE ABOUT $125 000 FOR OXFAM TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN ETHIOPIA.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR FOR THIS YEAR'S DRAGON BOAT RACES.
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