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THE MAP ALSO INCLUDES A NUMBER OF LOCALITIES WHERE WELL- PRESERVED FOSSILS CAN BE FOUND.

PLANTS AND INSECTS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ON PING CHAU AND THE AMMONITE, HONGKONGITES HONGKONGENSIS, WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED FROM THE ROCKS OF THE TOLO CHANNEL COAST.

THE MAP WILL NOT ONLY BE OF VALUE TO THOSE CONCERNED WITH PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, BUT WILL ALSO HELP THE GENERAL PUBLIC GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THEIR RECREATIONAL PURSUITS.

THE MAP WILL BE FOLLOWED IN THE NEAR FUTURE BY THE PUBLICATION OF A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY IN A MEMOIR WHICH WILL ALSO DESCRIBE TWO PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GEOLOGICAL MAPS (SHEETS 2 AND 3).

SURVEY ARE CENTRE AND MAP SALES

ALL PUBLISHED MAPS AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OUTLETS OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT.

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HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL NEW YORK RACES HELD

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SEVENTEEN TEAMS YESTERDAY (NEW YORK TIME) COMPETED IN EXCITING HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT RACES ON THE LAKE AT FLUSHING MEADOWS IN CORONA PARK, NEW YORK.

WINNING TEAMS INCLUDE PANE STONE CONSTRUCTION, WALL STREET LIONS CLUB, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, KOREAN AMERICAN NY CLUB. THEY WILL GO ON ΤΟ COMPETE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE NEXT SUNDAY (AUGUST 15) ON THE HUDSON RIVER AS PART OF THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK.

THE THIRD ANNUAL HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, THE HONGKONG BANK, RUNS FROM AUGUST 7 TO 15.

SPONSORED

BY

WILL BE FLOWN TO DRAGON BOAT

THE WINNING TEAM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE HONG KONG TO COMPETE IN THE 1994 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL BY DELTA AIR LINES, THE OFFICIAL CARRIER OF THE HONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.

KONG

ARE:

THE 17 TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S NEW YORK CITY RACES PANE STONE CONSTRUCTION, KOREAN AMERICAN NY CLUB, CHINESE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, HONG KONG ASSOCIATION, BATTLE FOWLER, TWO TEAMS FROM DELOITTE & TOUCHE, WEBSTER HALL, THE VIKINGS, BANK OF EAST ASIA. DAL CHONG HONG, CHINATOWN YMCA,

BANK.

WALL

STREET

LIONS CLUB, WESTCHESTER/HONG

ALUMNI, AT&T, AND DEBEVOISE PLIMPTON.

HONGKONG KONG SCHOOL

ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK, SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID: "THE DRAGON BOAT RACE, ACCORDING TO OLD CHINESE LEGEND STARTED OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAGIC DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, HONEST AND PATRIOTIC POET AND STATESMAN QU YUAN, HAS NOW BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENT.

/"EVERY YEAR