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SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1989

(SUNDAY), TODAY ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DAVID LEUNG, SAID THE DIVIDED INTO THE LARGE-BOAT

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE

AND

SOUTHERN THE RACES WOULD BE THE LATTER DIVISIONS. MEDIUM-BOAT

MEN'S AMATEUR, LADIES' OPEN,

WOULD BE SUB-DIVIDED INTO MEN'S OPEN, AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT INVITATION SECTIONS.

EIGHT TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN TEAMS IN THE MEDIUM-BOAT DIVISION.

THE

LARGE-BOAT

BY BUSINESS FIRMS,

DIVISION AND

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FACTORIES, LOCAL WELL

THE TEAMS ARE ENTERED ORGANISATIONS, FISHERMEN'S BODIES, AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS

MR LEUNG SAID. AS CLUBS FROM ALL OVER HONG KONG,

HEATS WILL BE HELD IN THE MORNING AND THE FINALS WILL START 3 PM. THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT WILL START AT 4.15 PM.

AT

A FERRY MOORED NEAR THE FINISHING POINT WILL PROVIDE A POINT FOR GUESTS AND SPECTATORS.

VANTAGE

THE PRIZE PRESENTATION WINNERS IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS WILL PARTICIPATING TEAMS WILL RECEIVE SOUVENIRS.

WILL CEREMONY

BE HELD AT BE PRESENTED TROPHIES,

4.30

AND ALL

PM.

WAS HELD

AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY TO MARK THE LAUNCHING OF FOUR DRAGON BOATS. OFFICIATING WERE MR LEUNG; AND CHUNG-TUNG: RACE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

WHICH HAD HELPED TO

CHAIRMAN,

MR HO

REPRESENTATIVES ORGANISE THE RACES.

FROM GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENTS

CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTER-HONG SPORTS CONTEST BEGINS

* * *

FOURTEEN MAJOR FIRMS

IN

ENTERED TEAMS IN THE STARTED TODAY (SUNDAY).

DISTRICT'S

CENTRAL

HAVE AND WESTERN DISTRICT INTER-HONG SPORTS PROGRAMME WHICH

THE

COMPETITIONS

TO

BE

HELD INCLUDE

TELEMATCH

GAMES,

MINI-SOCCER, SQUASH, BASKETBALL, BADMINTON AND TABLE TENNIS.

THE PROGRAMME, WHICH RUNS

ORGANISED BY THE

CENTRAL

AND

UNTIL JULY 16,

DISTRICT WESTERN

AND SPORTS

HAS BEEN JOINTLY THE URBAN OFFICE,

ASSOCIATION,

WITH

COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT'S RECREATION SPONSORSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD.

HELD AT BLAKE GARDEN

THIS

SAID

HAD BECOME

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY (SUNDAY) MORNING, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS JOEY LAM,

NOW

ITS

YEAR, IN PROGRAMME, SPORTS THE INCREASINGLY POPULAR WITH THE WORKING PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

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