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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1991

AND TRADE OFFICE CO-OPERATION WITH THE

ECONOMIC IT WAS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG

IN AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES DRAGON BOAT ASSOCIATION.

THE FESTIVAL

INCLUDED THE THE HONGKONGBANK, WELL AS AMERICAN

ASIDE FROM DELTA, THE SPONSORS OF NEW YORK OFFICES OF THREE MAJOR BANKS IN HONG KONG,

AS BANK, THE BANK OF EAST ASIA AND THE HANG SENG COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS.

OF MINI-STALLS

AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL, A "HONG KONG VILLAGE"

UP AT BATTERY PARK CITY DEMONSTRATING VARIOUS HANDICRAFTS WAS SET PLAZA. THERE WERE ALSO DEMONSTRATIONS OF NOODLE-MAKING, VARIOUS OF MARTIAL ARTS AND CLASSIC CHINESE DANCES AND MUSIC.

FORMS

THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES BEGAN WITH A PARADE OF ALL PARTICIPATING TEAMS LED BY A DANCING DRAGON OVER THE

PROMENADE QUARTER-OF-A-MILE ALONG THE COURSE OF THE RACE ON THE RIVER.

AND FOR RECREATION

YORK, BOTH MAJOR FINANCE, SHARED MANY COMMON

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING, SECRETARY

So, SAID HONG KONG AND NEW CULTURE, MR JAMES

AND INTERNATIONAL CENTRES OF BUSINESS FEATURES AND OFFERED MANY DIVERSE CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS.

DRAGON BOAT NEW YORK'S TIES. BETWEEN

THE HE SAID BY BRINGING THE REVERED TRADITION OF

то GREATLY FESTIVAL TO NEW YORK, HONG KONG HOPED TO ADD

CULTURAL CULTURAL LIFE AND AT THE SAME TIME STRENGTHEN THE TWO CITIES.

MR ROBERT DRAGON

ALSO ATTENDING WAS NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ABRAHMS, WHO PREDICTED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST HONG KONG BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK WOULD ENSURE IT BECOMING AN ANNUAL EVENT THE CITY.

IN

BETWEEN THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY WAS A CHARITY RACE

THE WALL THE HONGKONGBANK STREET LIONS CLUB, THE BANK OF EAST ASIA AND ONE OF

A TEAMS, FOR THE RIGHT TO ALLOCATE A DONATION TO

CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE FROM MONIES THEY HAD COLLECTED FROM AMONG THEMSELVES. THE STREET LIONS WON.

AND, AS IF AS A SIGN FOR FUTURE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT RACES NEW YORK, THE SUN BROKE THROUGH THE CLOUD COVER JUST AS THE LAST ENDED.

WALL

IN

RACE

SPECIAL STAMPS FOR 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF POST OFFICE

THE ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL, MISS ELLE SHUM (TUESDAY) THAT A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS WILL BE ISSUED ON AUGUST 25 MARK THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POST OFFICE.

ANNOUNCED TODAY

то

THIS SET OF STAMPS DEPICTS FIVE DIFFERENT POSTING BOXES DATING

IN USE BACK TO THE VICTORIAN DAYS. SOME OF THESE ARE STILL PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.

IN

SOME

/THERE WILL