SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1986
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REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY AT CENOTAPH
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THE REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE CENOTAPH IN STATUE SQUARE THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING,
WREATHS WERE LAID BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR- GENERAL ANTHONY BOAM, REPRÉSENTATIVES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, COMMONWEALTH COMMISSIONERS, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MRS ELSIE TU, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL,
MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.
WREATHS WERE ALSO LAID BY SERVICE COMMANDERS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SERVICE UNITS. TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS, SOCIETIES AND OTHER BODIES.
THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALSO HELD AN OBSERVANCE OF REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY IN THE MAIN HALL OF THE OFFICERS' CLUB IN STANLEY.
THE SERVICE WAS ATTENDED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, STAFF AND FRIENDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, THE CONGREGATION, LED BY THE CAPE COLLINSON MARCHING 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.
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YAU MA TEI CIVIC EDUCATION FESTIVAL OPENS
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THE GOAL OF CIVIC EDUCATION IS TO MAKE CITIZENS RECOGNISE THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR T.H. CHÂU, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
OPENING THE YAU MA TEI CIVIC EDUCATION FESTIVAL AT KOWLOON PARK, MR CHAU SAID THE SUCCESS OF CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD ALSO INVOLVED THE CARE AND PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS, RATHER THAN RELYING SOLELY ON GOVERNMENT PROMOTION.
HE SAID HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT BY YAU MA TEI RESIDENTS IN TODAY'S EVENTS.
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