 
Let's join hands to share information
and stregthen our "links" . Some people have
done great things and worth taking a surf on their sites.
(Relevant info and links welcome,
please contact us)
(1) Links ( Assn /
resources )
* RTHK's webcast of the Stanley
event 2001 long video clips
http://www.rthk.org.hk/special/dragonboat2001/
* Hong Kong Dragon
Boat Assn.
" "
web site http://www.hkdba.com.hk
( 4/ 2002 replace all old sites, include info for events
and hk team )
* Hong Kong Dragon Boat Assn.
"old" web site, with HK International
Invitation event info included (uploaded in May 2000,
attached to Home page of HK Sports Development Board,
still one English page only) http://www.hksdb.org.hk/nsa/dragonboat/index.html
* Hong Kong Dragon Boat
Association (very old webpage) [ one
English page only as a supplement of Alvin's site in SF,
info outdated]
(http://www.alvin.org/dragon/hkdba.html)
* Hong Kong International
Dragonboat Festival (HK Tourist Assn) [English
only ! with video clips ]
(http://www.hkta.org/dragonboat)
*HK Amateur Dragon Boat
Association (Web page Under construction)
- focus on training and coach development. Send teams for
oversea events
The Assn has been arranging a 20km dragon boat relay
marathon in Sep / October every
year and it will be the 8th Oct for 2001 and it attracted
around 10 to 15 teams every year.
* International,European &
British Dragon Boat Federation (http://www.dragonboat.com) - with rules and event calendar
* Malaysia China Town
Homepage (Simplified Chinese text) (festival culture)
(http://www.chinatown.com.my/ack/culture/dragonb/)
*Taiwan Government's
Information Services
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/dragon/dragon.htm (Chinese text)-comprehensive cultural
background info with nice short video clip
* San Diego's Chinese Community
Homepage (provides cultural background info)
(http://www.sandiego-online.com/forums/chinese/htmls/dragboat.htm)
* DRAGONBOATCANADA.com ( Dragon Boat Racing Council of Canada)
Well researched site . Some valuable info about Mainland
China, Hong Kong and Stanley events, as well as
international news, safety, techniques and Olympic
prospects. Discussion forum provides good insights.
* Alvin's International Dragon
Boat Racing Homepage (http://www.alvin.org/dragon/)
[once the most detailed dragonboat racing website, but
seems not been updated and being replaced by the
following one :]
***** (http://www.dragon-boat.net/)(Alvin has been the editor of international email
NEWSLETTER and has built up an e-group and a new
international dragon boat network page (To subscribe such an unmoderated free
discussion group and receive email dispatches on dragon
boating, send email to dragonboat2000-subscribe@onelist.com. You can ask questions of some of the top Dragon
Boat experts in the World).
* Polish Dragon Boat Federation
(http://www.
dragonboat.pl /)
[ NEWly built: claims to be trying to build the most
comprehensive bank
of web links ] (Eng/ German) (Has compiled a email list
of world contacts of more than 400 )
* United States Dragon Boat
Federation (http://www.usdbf.com/page6.html) - International rules of DragonBoating
* Greater Toronto Dragon Boat
Festival (http://www.dragonboats.com)
* California Dragon Boat
Association (http://www.dragonboat.org/)
*Autralian DragonBoat Festival
(http://www.dragonfestival.au.com)
(origanised by the Chinese Youth League of Sydney; event
staged at the Sydney International Regatta Centre at
Penrith- the rowing site for the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games - view photo gallery)
* Story of Qu Yuen
-Chinese Culture, "Shanghai on Internet" (http://www.sh.com/culture/legend/poet.htm)
* Chinese Calendar - Official Festival date
(up to year 2015)
* festivals.com
global search list of festival
events [key in "dragon boat" to search]
2005 links:
2002 links:
* WWW.DRAGON-BOATS.NET
Site focuses on USA and Canada Dragonboat teams, club
crews, Races &
Festivals including a large International compliment. The
history page
introduces Qu Yuan and the cultural relevance to the
Chinese community. (Good info resources )
* The World
of Chinese Culture [ Dragon Boat]
 http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/culturechinese/vod14html/vod14_08.htm
-site of Overseas Chinese Commission (Taiwan Government)
- Highly
Recommended to see
Taiwanese Style DragonBoats / traditions related [
wonderful Movie clips ]
1. Origin 2. Activities
* www.hisport.net.tw -
good picture and articles ( tradition, structure, and
rules about dragon boating in Taiwan (regrettably chinese
only)
* The 3rd
China Yangtze River International Dragon Boat Relay
(39 km, May 1-2,2002) Yichang City, Hubei
Province, I DBF Sanctioned
- the
longest distant event in the world
in conjunction with : The
2002 Wanfohu Lake (Ten-thousand Buddha Lake)
International Dragon Boat Tournament
(500m, May 6-7,2002) Shucheng County, Anhui Province entry info
( WORD document , bilingual )
* The
25th Anniversary Penang International Dragon Boat
Festival 2003
will be held in the brand new Teluk Bahang Dam
that is situated at the north-western tip of Penang
Island, Malaysia in 2003-06-07 and -08. www.penangdragonboat.com
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special feature: Special style of
Dragonboat Festival in Guizhou Province (Miao
Ethnic Minority Group), Southwest China:
>>more links of this topic in our Chinese page
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(2) Technical
* San Francisco
Bay Area Dragon Boat Racing Club - www.bayareadragons.org
Another good stuff of Alvin; - Do not miss the article about STEERING basics
*Cape Town
Paddlesnappers - paddling techniques
(3) Team
Retrospection :
* AT&T Crushers (Memory of Race
1997) http://www.gojp.com/dragonboat/
( your team memories
/links welcome .
If no reply is sent from us after one week, please send
again)
(4) World News / Clip from
E-group :
(2001.8.1 news)Phillidelphia World championship
webcast in August 2001
from Aug2-5 [Realplayer video
afterwards]
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-080101dragon.story
http://www.phila.gov/news/dragonboat/dragonboat.html
Webcast site - click on dragon
http://www.phila.gov/
(31.7.2001 egroup )
I know you are thinking. I wish I could see the races in
Philly.
However, it is far away. Now you can see it via webcast.
It is be
delayed by 30 minutes but that is better than flying :)
www.phila.gov
(27.7.2001 egroup)  OLYMPIC
PETITION site : http://www.dragonboat2008.org.uk/
(5) Know
more about HONG KONG :
- Maps:
* http://www.stanleyplaza.com (with tourist
map)
* Map of Stanley (http://www.hkta.org/map/stanley.html/)
in Hong
Kong Tourist Association's site
[ from 2001 onwards renamed and upgraded as HK Tourism
Board ]-
* Hong Kong CityMap (http://www.hkcitymap.com/) (Lands DepartmentInteractive digitised HK maps)
=(yellowpages) "ypmap.com" - With Photo Gallery
of Stanley features
* Heritage
Links about Stanley
- Others:
* Hong Kong Observatory Homepage (http://www.info.gov.hk/hko/)
* HK Interactive Government Services
Directory (http://www.igsd.gov.hk/)
* Hong Kong Public Transport Homepage (http://www.hkpt.com/)
* St. Stephen's College, Stanley [will
soon become gazetted community heritage]
(http:/www.ssc.edu.hk)
* VR2HAM- (http://www.qsl.net/vr2ham/) - Lots of photo for Stanley Dragon Boat Races
2001, 02, plus Hong Kong International 2002. On-site
Amateur HAM radio boadcast and Slow Scan TV worldwide
transmission on race day Stanley 2001 .
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