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Wednesday, November 7, 1973
During this period all shipowners, shipmasters and people
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in charge of small craft are requested to co-operate in reducing to the
minimun the sounding of whistles, horns or sirens in the vicinity of the
Cenotaph.
After the ceremony at the Cenotaph, 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,
Prior to the Cenotaph tribute, a short ceremony will be held
at 10 a.m. at the Chinese War Memorial in the Botanic Gardens. There,
the Governor and the Commander, British Forces, will lay wreaths. They
will be followed by the Colonial Secretary, the Secretary for Home Affairs
and Chinese Unofficial Members of the Executive, Legislative and Urban
Councils.
At Sek Kong, units of the 48 Gurkha units will be taking part in
a Drumhead Service outside 3:. Marvin's Chamesta,
During the ceremony, which begins at 11 a.p., music will be
provided by the Brigade of Gurkha Staff,
At Stanley, the annual service of remembrance will be held at
the Stanley Club at 10.45 a.. 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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