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Wednesday, November 8, 1972
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY IN HONG KONG
Special Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held thoughout Hong
Kong on Sunday to honour all those who died for their fellow man in the
two world wars.
The main memorial service will again be held at the Cenotaph in
Statue Square. Those attending will include the Governor, Sir Murray
MacLehose, the Colonial Secretary, Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, the three
Service Commanders led by the Commander, British Forces, Lt.-General
Sir Richard Ward, the Chief Justice, members of the Executive and Legislative
Councils, the chairman of the Commanding Officers' Committee, a representative
of the Merchant Navy, Commonwealth Commissioners and Trade Commissioners,
the Doyen of the Consular Corps and representatives of the British Legion
and ex-servicemen's associations.
Two honour guards will be provided by the Royal Hong Kong Regiment
(The Volunteers) and the First Battalion Irish Guards. The Regimental
Band of the Irish Guards will also be in attendance.
The four Cenotaph sentries will consist of one guard each from the
Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, the Army and the Royal Hong Kong Regiment.
The ceremony will begin with the arrival of the Governor at
10.58 a.m.
Following the playing of the National Anthem and the sounding
of the Last Post, a two-minute silence will be observed at 11 a.m. The
beginning and end will be signalled by the firing if a gun from H.M.S, tamar.
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