- Title: LAOS: FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR FIRST ASIAN HIGHWAY MOTOR RALLY.
- Date: 15th April 1969
- Summary: VIENTIANE ESTABLISHER; WELCOMING BANNER; SCRUTINEERING CENTRE; CARS FINAL CHECK; VIENTIANE MARKET PLACE; VIENTIANE STREET SCENE. Initials CP/VS/BOB/SC SPORT: CAR RACING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 30th April 1969 13:00
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- Location: VIENTIANE, LAOS
- Reuters ID: LVABJQU1K4UV7ZJ2BKI2W0CUJYGQ
- Story Text: VEHICLES BEGAN LEAVING VIENTIANE IN LAOS TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE START OF THE FIRST ASIAN HIGHWAY MOTOR RALLY. ALMOST ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY CARS, TRUCKS AND BUSES HAVE ENTERED THE RALLY.
THE RALLY ROUTE FOLLOWS 1,800 MILES (2900 KMS) OF THE ASIAN HIGHWAY BETWEEN VIENTIANE AND SINGAPORE. THE VEHICLES WILL TRAVEL THROUGH LAOS, THAILAND, MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE. FIRST CARS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE EARLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT (18 APRIL).
FORTY-THREE MAKES OF CAR - RANGING FROM LARGE AMERICAN SEDANS THROUGH TO THE SMALLEST JAPANESE MODELS AND IN AGE FROM A 1934 LAGONDA TO THE LATEST EUROPEAN SPORTS CARS - HAVE ENTERED FOR THE RALLY.
NATIONALITIES OF ENTRANTS COVER MOST OF ASIA AND MUCH OF EUROPE.
CARS WILL HAVE TO AVERAGE 45 MILES AN HOUR (72 KPH) AND TRUCKS AND BUSES 35 MPH (56 KPH), OVER THE ROUTE AND RALLY ORGANISERS HAVE APPEALED TO ENTRANTS TO EXERCISE ALL POSSIBLE CARE DURING THE DRIVE.
THE RALLY IS BEING HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST (ECAFE), WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF LAOS, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND THAILAND.
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