HONG KONG'S leading windsurfers may be forced to seek shark-free foreign shores for training purposes.
The territory's world-ranked female sailor Lee Lai-shan said she and her male teammate Sam Wong Tak-sum have been forced to stop training off Tai Po because of the current shark scare.
The pair are building up to one of the most important competitions of the year, next month's Olympic Regatta in Savannah, Atlanta - the venue of next year's Olympic Games.
'We changed our training venue from Stanley Beach to Tai Po because the winds are stronger in the summer off Tai Po,' said Lee.
'But the Government put up shark warnings and we have not been able to train for some time.' Lee said that they have been told the warnings are likely to come down on June 28.
'But if they are still up by then, we may have to look at training elsewhere, probably out of Hong Kong.