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Hong Kong Economic & Trade Offi ce team at the 29th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
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BY JENNA BAGCAL
jbagcal@qns.com
@jenna_bagcal
Th e 29th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat
Festival got a dose of woman power last
weekend.
Th e yearly event returned to Flushing
Meadows Corona Park on Aug. 3 and 4, this
time introducing a regular women’s division
to the races. Since the festival’s inception
nearly three decades ago, Festival Chairman
Henry Wan said that the organizers have
always encouraged women to race.
“Th at’s women’s power. When we fi rst
started we had a women’s invitation. We
tried to encourage female participation. Now
so many of them said, ‘I want our own race,’”
said Wan.
Th ree teams raced in the regular women’s
division at this year’s festival but Wan said
that the organization hopes to expand the
division in the upcoming years. Con Edison,
Flushing Bank and Morgan Stanley came
in fi rst, second and third place respectively
in the women’s 250-meter race and 500-
meter race.
A total of 17 teams participated in the
women’s invitational races, which resulted
in NYPD Detective Familia fi nishing in fi rst
place, IDB H2OMG fi nishing in second
place and New York Wall Street Dragons fi nishing
in third place.
Over 200 teams participated in this year’s
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