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Dragon boats take to the water across Hong Kong
The annual Dragon Boat festival, also known as the Tuen Ng festival, draws thousands of participants and supporters to events all over Hong Kong. Races take place off Stanley, Tuen Mun, the Sai Kung waterfront and Tai Po Waterfront Park and on Castle Peak Bay and the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin. Participants train in earnest for the competition for months beforehand. Sitting two abreast, with a steersman at the back and a drummer at the front, 20 to 22 paddlers power the boats, with their elaborately carved and painted dragon heads and tails, to the finish line, urged on by the pounding drums and roar of the crowds.
Shanghai dialect gets weekly airing on current affairs
The Shanghai Media Group launches the city's first current affairs TV programme in the Shanghai dialect. The weekly News Workshop features a news digest, current affairs discussion and a segment testing viewers' knowledge of Shanghai slang. Putonghua has long been the official spoken language on the mainland, but the role and preservation of dialects, including Cantonese, continues to generate heated public debate.
PNG goes to the polls with duelling prime ministers