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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988

SPECTATORS ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR DRAGON BOAT RACES

ARE 18)

BOAT

SPECTATORS GOING TO ONE OF THE TERRITORY'S LARGEST DRAGON

ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC RACES IN SHA TIN ON SATURDAY (JUNE

FOR THE SHA TIN TRANSPORT TO AVOID TRAFFIC CONGESTION, A SPOKESMAN DRAGON BOAT RACE ORAGANISING COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE "THE RACES, COMPRISING 136 TEAMS, ARE THE LARGEST-SCALE IN

FROM VISITORS

THE URBAN AREAS TO TERRITORY AND WE EXPECT LOTS OF WATCH THIS SPECTACULAR EVENT," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DIVISIONS,

BOAT OPEN,

PM, CONSIST OF EIGHT "THE RACES, FROM 7 AM TO 1

OPEN, BOAT

NORMAL-SIZE DRAGON NORMAL-SIZE NAMELY,

DRAGON FRIENDLY, NORMAL-SIZE DRAGON INVITATION, SMALL-SIZE DRAGON BOAT

INVITATION, BANKS INVITATION, WOMEN'S DRAGON BOAT OPEN, THE AIRPORT AND ATV INVITATION RACES, HE SAID.

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BOATS

HE SAID THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE HAD SPENT

OF NORMAL-SIZE, TO BUY THREE NEW DRAGON DESIGNED FOR WOMEN IN THIS YEAR'S RACES.

MORE THAN $80,000 SMALL-SIZE AND ONE

THE ON

SHING MUN RIVER BETWEEN

RACES WILL BE HELD THE SAND MARTIN BRIDGE AND BANYAN BRIDGE.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, WILL BE THE OFFICIATING GUEST,

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE IN SHAM SHUI PO

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE SECTION ROAD SOUTHBOUND IN SHAM SHUI PO BETWEEN TONKIN STREET AND BROKEN SALT STREET HAS BEEN CLOSED TO TRAFFIC SO THAT A CAN BE REPAIRED.

VEHICLES ON PO ON ROAD SOUTHBOUND ARE BEING TSEUNG STREET, KWONG LEE ROAD AND TONKIN STREET.

OF PO ON FAT TSEUNG WATER MAIN

DIVERTED VIA FAT

THE CLOSURE WILL BE IN FORCE UNTIL THE EMERGENCY ARE COMPLETED.

REPAIR WORKS