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SUNDAY, MAY 20,

THE FISHERMEN'S

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MRS SO CHAU YAM-PING,

IN COMPETING SAID THERE WILL BE A RECORD 10 TEAMS LARGE DRAGON BOAT DIVISION.

ANOTHER 55 TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN THE MEDIUM SIZED

DIVISION.

DRAGON BOAT

WITH HEATS MAINLY AFTERNOON. THE

ALTOGETHER THERE WILL BE 38 RACES THAT DAY,

AND FINALS IN THE SEMI-FINALS IN THE MORNING AND OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE WILL BE HELD AROUND 4.30 PM.

DRAGON BOAT

THERE WILL BE FOUR WINNERS IN EACH SECTION OF THE

TO TAKE RACES, AND SOME OF THE UNPLACED TEAMS WILL BE ABLE THE "PETIT RACES", NEWLY INTRODUCED THIS YEAR.

PART

THE CHIEF SECRETARY WILL PRESENT TROPHIES TO THE WINNING AT A CEREMONY AT 4.40 PM.

ABERDEEN URBAN COUNCIL

IN

TEAMS

PROMENADE WILL 600-SEAT

THE NEWLY-COMPLETED PROVIDE A VANTAGE POINT FOR THE PUBLIC TO WATCH THE RACES. A SPECTATORS' STAND WILL BE PUT UP AT THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROMENADE.

AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, AN EYE-DOTTING AND CEREMONY WAS HELD TO LAUNCH SIX DRAGON BOATS,

EMBLEM-HANGING

TRUST FUND TO PROMOTE MUSIC IN TUEN MUN

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THE

A TRUST FUND WILL BE SET UP IN TUEN MUN TO FURTHER ENHANCE

FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MUSIC STANDARD OF RESIDENTS, THE ACTING SECRETARY MR ADOLF HSU, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

HSU SAID THE

WAS ACTIVITIES,

BEING

SPEAKING AT THE '90 TUEN MUN MUSIC CARNIVAL, MR

MUSIC-RELATED PROMOTING FUND, WHICH AIMS AT ORGANISED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

A NUMBER OF CULTURAL "DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE QUITE

IN THE AND RECREATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR,

DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THE ATTEND MUSICAL COURSES.

"THIS SHOWS THAT THERE IS A GREAT DEMAND FOR

IN THE DISTRICT.

MUSICAL TRAINING

"TUEN MUN IS A YOUTHFUL COMMUNITY WITH A POPULATION OF 400,000;

THEIR

AND MOST PARENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES," HE POINTED OUT.

CHILDREN'S CULTURAL

/MR HSU

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