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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1988

WILL BE

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY LADY WILSON; THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR CHAU; SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG; CHAIRMAN OF THE RACES ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LIU LIT-FOR.

T.H.

AND

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN, AND THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS OLIVIA NIP, WILL ALSO ATTEND.

TOMORROW'S RACES IN ABERDEEN WILL BE LARGE-SIZED AND MEDIUM-SIZED DIVISIONS, WITH SUB-DIVIDED INTO MEN'S OPEN, MEN'S AMATEUR, INVITATION SECTIONS.

DIVIDED

INTO THE THE LATTER BEING LADIES* OPEN AND

THE FINALS WILL START AT 3 PM AND THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE WILL BEGIN AT 4.30 PM. SPECTATORS CAN WATCH THE RACES EITHER FROM THE SPECTATOR STANDS, TO WHICH ADMISSION IS BY TICKET ONLY, OR FROM THE WATERFRONT PROMENADE.

THE RACES WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY THE TVB JADE AND ATV GOLD

CHANNELS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED ΤΟ COVER THE EYE-DOTTING AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONIES OF THE ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES TOMORROW (SATURDAY). THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL OFFICIATE.

ARE

FOR ADMISSION TO THE CEREMONY ARENA, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES REQUIRED ΤΟ CARRY PRESS BADGES ISSUED BY THE RACES ORGANISING COMMITTEE. THE BADGES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY AN INFORMATION OFFICER ON THE SPOT.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE RECEPTION AREA IN THE SPECTATOR STANDS NEAR THE FLYOVER ADJOINING ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD AND ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD BY 3.30 PM.

INFORMATION OFFICER, MR ALEX LI, AND OTHER GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE ADVISED TO BRING TELELENSES FOR TAKING PICTURES OF THE EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT A FLOATING PLATFORM SOME DISTANCE FROM THE SPECTATOR STANDS.

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