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TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1936

ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES

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THE ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES WILL BE HELD ALONG A CHANNEL OFF THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT FROM 9.30 AM TO 4.30 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

FORTY-TWO TEAMS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE RACES WHICH ARE DIVIDED INTO LARGE DRAGON BOATS AND MEDIUM DRAGON BOATS DIVISIONS.

THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL TONY BOAM, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT 4.15 PM.

THE ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ARE ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE 1986 ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE RACES.

NEW CLEAN-UP ON SHING MUN RIVER

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THE SHING MUN RIVER WHICH FLOWS THROUGH SHA TIN WILL SHORTLY RECEIVE FURTHER ATTENTION FROM THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH IS TO SPEND SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS ON MAINTENANCE AND DREDGING WORK ON THE RIVER'S UPPER REACHES.

LAST YEAR $2.5 MILLION WAS SPENT ON DREDGING 900 METRES OF THE RIVER BETWEEN THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY BRIDGE AND SAN MARTIN BRIDGE.

NOW THE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR AN EVEN BIGGER CLEAN-UP WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST AND BE COMPLETED IN 12 MONTHS.

IT WILL COVER DREDGING ALONG SEVERAL SECTIONS BETWEEN CHE KUNG MIU AND SAN MARTIN BRIDGE; THE SECTION OF THE FO TAN NULLAH DOWNSTREAM FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH TAI PO ROAD; THE SECTION OF THE SIU LEK YUEN NULLAH DOWNSTREAM FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH SHA TIN WAI ROAD; AND THE SECTION OF THE RIVER NEAR THE FO TAN AND SIU LEK YUEN NULLAHS.

THE REMOVAL OF SILT WILL MEAN THAT THE RIVERBED WILL REMAIN SUBMERGED EVEN AT LOW TIDE. IT WILL IMPROVE THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT AND UPGRADE THE RIVER AS AN AREA FOR AQUATIC ACTIVITY.

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