It has gradually developed to become the largest local event and one of the world's largest . For the last 2 decades RTHK has been broadcasting the event live in radio and starting from 1999 the technology of internet push the event to become more international on-line. The boats are wooden medium-size ones and basically race with the international regulations .
Division is our specialty.
We have only the experiate and Chinese in men's group, but no division in ladies . The 3 divisions have their own cup and plate competitions . Race History will tell you more about this. Dragon boat racing first started as an activity to drive away the devils and then to conmemorade the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, but now has developed into an international sporting scene well received by athletes East and West with its own world championship and gorvening bodies, information on the Internet is also blooming. Howverer,it is a pity that few Chinese websites can provide serious research on the festival's origin and forklore, which has mostly been forgotten and distorted in modern society's reductionism.