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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1983
REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY
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A REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE CENOTAPH IN STATUE SQUARE TODAY (SUNDAY) IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN ACTIVE SERVICE.
WREATHS WERE LAID BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE; THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS: THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN; REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS: COMMONWEALTH COMMISSIONERS; THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL,
MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN: SERVICE COMMANDERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SERVICE UNITS, DISTRICT BOARDS,
TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS.
MEANWHILE, THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALSO HELD AN OBSERVANCE OF THE REMEMBRANCE DAY IN THE MAIN HALL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICERS' CLUB IN STANLEY TODAY.
THE SERVICE WAS ATTENDED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, AND STAFF AND FRIENDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, THE CONGREGATION LED BY THE CAPE COLLINSON BAND, MARCHED TO STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY AND JOINED IN THE WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE KILLED DURING THE TWO WARS AND THOSE WHO HAD DIED IN SERVICE.
ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 11), A CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE WORLD WARS | AND 11 AND ON DUTY IN TIMES OF PEACE WAS HELD IN THE FOYER OF MAY HOUSE, POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY LAID A WREATH ON BEHALF OF THE FORCE. DURING THE CEREMONY WREATHS WERE ALSO LAID BY MR NYLON TS'O, THE ACTING COMMANDANT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE AND BY REPRESENTATIVES OF POLICE FORMATIONS AND POLICE ASSOCIATIONS.
THE POLICE BAND WAS IN ATTENDANCE.
GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR PEKING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON TO ATTEND THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
SEEING HIM OFF AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DENIS BRAY, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO, AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR TAN GAN.
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