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Wednesday, November 8, 1972
During this period, all shipowners, shipmasters and people in charge
of small craft are requested to co-operate in reducing to the minimum the
sounding of whistles, horns or sirens in the vicinity of the Cenotaph.
Later the Governor will attend a Remembrance Day service in
St. John's Cathedral.
Members of the public and all service officers, apart from those
officially invited, who wish to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph may do so
after the Service departments have moved away from the Statue Square area.
Before the Cenotaph tribute, a short ceremony will be held at
the Chinese War Memorial in the Botanic Gardens where the Governor and the
Commander, British Forces, will lay wreaths. This will take place at 10 a.m.
Simultaneously with the Statue Square service, units of the 48
Gurkha Infantry Brigade will be taking part in a Drumhead Service outside
St. Martin's Church, Sek Kong.
Over 200 troops will be involved from B Squadron 14/20 King's
Hussars, 47 Light Regiment Royal Artillery, 656 Aviation Squadron and 50
Command Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Detachment,
Sek Kong. Music will be provided by the Band of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles.
At Stanley, the annual service of remembrance will be held at the
Stanley Club at 10.45 a.m. After the service, wreaths will be laid on the
graves of the fallen in Stanley Military Cemetery. The Band of the Cape
Collinson Training Centre will be in attendance.
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