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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1984
CAPTAIN F.A. COLLINS, R.N. WILL LAY A WREATH ON BEHALF OF THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES.
THE WREATH OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION WILL BE LAID BY ITS HONORARY SECRETARY, MR F.M. CASTRO.
REGIMENTAL WREATHS OF THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE LAID BY ITS COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL T.C. VILLIERS, AND THAT OF THE MIDDLESEX RÉGIMENT BY WARRANT OFFICER SECOND CLASS G. FRANCE.
THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT AND THE VOLUNTEERS FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE IN THE BATTLE OF HONG KONG.
THE WREATH OF THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE WILL BE LAID BY ITS CHAIRMAN, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES.
THE WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND ING OF THE LAST POST, A TWO-MINUTE SILENCE AND REVEILLE, AND THE FIRING OF THREE VOLLEYS OF SALUTE.
THE FIRING PARTY, BUGLER AND SENTRIES, WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE VOLUNTEERS.
REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE WILL BE HELD AT LITTLE SAI WAN AND STANLEY CEMETERIES.
PARADES WILL BE HELD AT BOTH CEMETERIES BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE AND WREATHS WILL BE LAID ON BEHALF OF THE COMMANDANT AND OFFICERS.
CONTINGENTS WILL ARRIVE AT LITTLE SAI WAN CEMETERY AT 10.30 AM AND AT STANLEY AT 11.30 AM.
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT HONG KONG ISLAND (AUXILIARY),
MR CHENG YIU-KWONG, WILL GIVE A BRIEF ADDRESS.
CULTURAL CENTRE FOR UC COMPLEXES
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CULTURAL FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED IN FIVE URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF URBAN COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE THE COMPLEXES IN NGAU CHI WAN, SHAM SHUI PO, SAI YEE STREET AND HUNG HOM IN KOWLOON AND IN WESTERN ON THE ISLAND.
THIS WAS DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL FOLLOWING AN OVERALL REVIEW ON THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL FACILITIES CONDUCTED IN MARCH AND APRIL THIS YEAR.
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