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HONG KONG: The world’s top dragon boat competition will ditch Hong Kong in favour of Thailand next year due to the city’s stringent coronavirus rules, organisers announced on Saturday (Sep 17).<\/p>\n

Hong Kong is trying to reboot its pandemic-hit sports scene even as it continues to follow a loose version of China’s zero-COVID strategy, which quashes outbreaks with travel curbs and quarantine.<\/p>\n

The 2023 World Dragon Boat Racing Championships became the latest international sports event to abandon the Chinese city, according to the Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association.<\/p>\n

“Hong Kong’s current quarantine and isolation arrangements for visitors are still more stringent than that of other countries,” the group wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n

The event scheduled for next August will instead be held in Pattaya, Thailand, the International Dragon Boat Federation confirmed.<\/p>\n

The news comes a day after the Hong Kong Marathon and the Oxfam Trailwalker events separately announced their cancellation.<\/p>\n

Marathon organisers said they had not received government approval with just two months left before the race, which did not leave enough time for preparations.<\/p>\n

Last year’s marathon was held in October after a months-long delay and featured no overseas competitors, while in 2020 the event was called off by the government with two weeks’ notice.<\/p>\n

Organisers of the Oxfam Trailwalker also said their event could not be held even though they offered to cap the number of participants at 1,600.<\/p>\n

“The government believes that there remains a large number of people involved in the event,” organisers said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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