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WATER STORAGE FIGURE

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1988

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 26.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 153.812 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 366.361 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 62.5 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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NEW DRAGON BOATS LAUNCHED IN TAI PO

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TWO NEWLY-BUILT DRAGON BOATS FOR THIS YEAR'S BOAT RACE WERE LAUNCHED AT A CEREMONY IN FRONT OF THE TAI SHRINE IN YUEN CHAU TSAI THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.

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THE CEREMONY BEGAN WITH AN OFFERING OF DELICACIES PATRON GOD OF FISHERMEN, TAI WONG YEH, BY THE VICE CHAIRMEN OF TAI PO DISTRICT DRAGON BOAT RACE COMMITTEE 1988, MR HO YUNG-SANG AND MISS S.C. KWOK.

THE OFFERING WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PRAYERS IN THE HAKKA DIALECT.

AFTER THE OFFERING, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SUN HUNG ΚΑΙ PROPERTIES LIMITED AND THE CHINA OVERSEA BUILDING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED THE NEW DRAGON BOATS' DONORS DECORATED THE DRAGON BOATS.

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, THEN DOTTED THE EYES OF THE DRAGON BOATS.

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

COSTING $25,000 EACH, THE TWO NEW DRAGON BOATS WILL BE WITH 17 OTHER BOATS FOR THE TAI PO DRAGON BOAT RACES THIS YEAR.

THE RACES, ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT DRAGON BOAT COMMITTEE 1988 AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD, WILL BE HELD ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF THE TAI INDUSTRIAL ESTATE FROM 9.30 AM TO 1 PM ON SATURDAY (JUNE 18).

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SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO.

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