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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1987

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THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES HELD THIS MONTH, SUCH AS THE CLEAN-UP BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE COLISEUM SHOW AND THE BLITZ OPERATION AGAINST UNAUTHORISED DISPLAY OF POSTERS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE MEETING WHICH WILL OPEN AT 10 AM IN THE MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM 2/F., REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAMBER TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK AND GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, N.T.

NEW DRAGON BOATS LAUNCHED IN TAI PO

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TWO NEWLY-BUILT DRAGON BOATS FOR THIS YEAR'S TAI PO DRAGON BOAT RACE WERE LAUNCHED AT A CEREMONY AT THE TAI WONG YEH TEMPLE IN YUEN CHAU TSAI THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.

THE CEREMONY BEGAN WITH AN OFFERING OF DELICACIES TO THE PATRON GOD OF FISHERMEN, TAI WONG YEH, BY CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DRAGON BOAT RACE COMMITTEE 1987, MR STEPHEN WONG.

THE OFFERING WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PRAYERS IN THE HAKKA DIALECT BY RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS.

AFTER THE OFFERING, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, DOTTED THE EYES OF THE DRAGON BOATS.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN EXHIBITION RACE BY LAST YEAR'S RACE WINNING TEAMS.

THIS YEAR'S RACE WILL BE HELD ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE FROM 9.30 AM TO 1 PM ON SUNDAY (MAY 31).

OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS.

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