A military-themed parade is to mark the Kinmen Marathon’s return to the archipelago after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kinmen County Government said on Tuesday.
The Kinmen Military Command is to lead the race with light tactical vehicles and use trucks to pick up stragglers, officials said.
The Kinmen Stadium is to host a military exhibition featuring an M-60A3 tank, CM-21 infantry fighting vehicle, 105mm artillery pieces and other weaponry concurrent with the race, they said.
The exhibits are intended to showcase the military presence that has long defined Kinmen’s position on the forefront of the nation’s defense, the government
Gunning for oysters
Kinmen County Government Secretary-General Chen Chao-chin and Jinning Township Mayor Yang Chung-chun, front row eighth and seventh left, and others yesterday open this year’s Rocky Oyster and Wheat Harvest Festival, which runs through May 22 in Jinning. The venue is decorated with model tanks made of driftwood and bamboo, representing the 1949 Chinese Civil War Battle of Guningtou.
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