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Hong Kong dragon boat racers make a splash at Tuen Ng Festival amid carnivals and contests

  • Revellers ignore periodic showers and flock to places such as Stanley, Tai O, Sai Kung and Tai Po to see Dragon Boat Festival races

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Contestants battle it out during the festival’s dragon boat races. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong’s dragon boat racers made a splash with residents and tourists for the Tuen Ng Festival and pulled in crowds of people to the competitions and carnivals staged across the city.
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Revellers on Monday ignored the occasional drop of rain and flocked to waterfronts in places such as Stanley, Tai O, Aberdeen, Sai Kung, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Tai Po to catch city and international events organised to mark the Dragon Boat Festival.

Hong Kong had a hot day with temperatures between 26 and 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 degrees Fahrenheit) with occasional showers. The Observatory issued a thunderstorm warning at about 1pm, which ran to 3pm.

Crowds in the hundreds cheered in Sai Kung as 115 teams from more than 25 organisations competed in the district’s 32 dragon boat races, which went ahead despite poor weather.

Rainfall forced some spectators at times to move under cover, but others continued to watch and cheer from the waterside harbourfront as the competitors raced on.

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