SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1985
LORD MAYOR ARRIVES
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THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, SIR ALAN TRAILL AND LADY TRA ILL, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (SATURDAY) FOR A SIX-DAY VISIT.
THEY WERE GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY THE AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE GOVERNOR, MR PAUL COLLIER, THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR MARK HEATH, AND THE SWORDBEARER, LT. COL. ST. J.C. BROOKE JOHNSON.
DURING HIS STAY, SIR ALAN WILL HAVE A BUSY PROGRAMME MEETING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN.
LIBERATION DAY CEREMONY
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HONG KONG WILL OBSERVE THIS YEAR'S LIBERATION DAY WITH A WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE CITY HALL ON MONDAY (AUGUST 26).
DURING THE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 10.45 AM IN THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH FORCES, HONG KONG PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION, ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS), THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT AND HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE WILL LAY WREATHS AT THE SHRINE IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WHO DIED IN THE BATTLE OF HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1941 OR LATER AS PRISONERS OF WAR.
THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL ANTHONY BOAM, WILL LAY A WREATH ON BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH FORCES.
THE WREATH OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION WILL BE LAID BY ITS HONORARY SECRETARY, MR A.E. GOMES.
REGIMENTAL WREATHS OF THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE LAID BY ITS ADJUTANT, CAPTAIN MICHAEL POON, AND THAT OF THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT 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 COLONEL H.A. DE B. BOTELHO.
THE WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SOUNDING 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,
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