Dragon Boat racing was first introduced to Singapore in 1978 when Hong Kong invited Singapore to participate in the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Races. In the same year, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) organised the first Dragon Boat race in Singapore. The races in 1978 were confined to only local participants and attracted 25 teams. Since then the SSC had continued to organise Dragon Boat races every year with financial support from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). The sport has grown steadily over the last 20 years and since 1979 it has become an annual international sporting event in Singapore.
Since 1979 many international teams have been invited to various Dragon Boat races in Singapore. The World Invitational Dragon Boat Races hosted by Singapore is now recognised as a major annual sporting event in the International Sports Calendar. With a modest start of only two foreign teams in 1979, this group has increased to a dozen or more foreign teams over the years and Kowloon Club Dragon Boat Team is one of them.
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