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MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1988

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RECORD TEAMS ENTERED IN ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES

YEARS,

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A TOTAL OF 83 TEAMS, THE HIGHEST IN RECENT PART IN THE ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES TO BE HELD ON JUNE 18 (SATURDAY) TO CELEBRATE THE TUEN NG FESTIVAL.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (MONDAY), THE CHAIRMAN THE 1988 ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LIU LIT-FOR, SAID THE RACES WOULD TAKE PLACE ALONG A 330-METRE COURSE OFF THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT FROM 8.30 AM TO 5.30 PM.

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.

MEDIUM-SIZED

DRAGON

THE RACES ARE DIVIDED INTO FULL-SIZED AND BOAT DIVISIONS, WITH THE LATTER SUB-DIVIDED INTO MEN'S OPEN, MEN'S AMATEUR, LADIES' OPEN, AND INVITATION SECTIONS.

THERE WILL BE NINE TEAMS COMPETING IN THE FULL-SIZED BOATS DIVISION AND 74 TEAMS IN THE MEDIUM-SIZED DIVISION.

THE RACE TEAMS ARE FIELDED BY FIRMS, FACTORIES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT

ORGANISATIONS.

DEPARTMENTS

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YOUTH GROUPS,

FISHERMEN

THE FINALS WILL START AT 3 PM AND A TOTAL OF FOUR WINNERS OF THE MEN'S SECTIONS FROM BOTH DIVISIONS WILL COMPETE FOR THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT 4.30 PM.

THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 4.40 PM WITH WINNERS OF EACH SECTION TO BE PRESENTED WITH TROPHIES AND ALL PARTICIPATING TEAMS WITH SOUVENIRS.

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ON THE DAY OF THE RACES, TWO SPECTATOR STANDS WILL BE SET UP NEAR THE FLYOVER ADJOINING ABERDEEN MAIN RAOD AND THE ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD.

ENTRY TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE IN ABERDEEN CENTRE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO WATCH THR RACES ALONGSIDE THE PROMENADE OF THE WATERFRONT.

THERE WILL BE LIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE EVENTS BY THE TVB JADE AND ATV GOLD CHANNELS.

AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY FOR FIVE DRAGON BOATS WAS PERFORMED BY MR LIU AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE.

COSTING ABOUT $400,000, WITH $55,000 SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ARE ORGANISED JOINTLY WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, POLICE, MARINE POLICE, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT AND THE CIVIL AID SERVICES.

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