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Wednesday, November 8, 1972

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY IN HONG KONG

Special Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held thoughout Hong

Kong on Sunday to honour all those who died for their fellow man in the

two world wars.

The main memorial service will again be held at the Cenotaph in

Statue Square. Those attending will include the Governor, Sir Murray

MacLehose, the Colonial Secretary, Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, the three

Service Commanders led by the Commander, British Forces, Lt.-General

Sir Richard Ward, the Chief Justice, members of the Executive and Legislative

Councils, the chairman of the Commanding Officers' Committee, a representative

of the Merchant Navy, Commonwealth Commissioners and Trade Commissioners,

the Doyen of the Consular Corps and representatives of the British Legion

and ex-servicemen's associations.

Two honour guards will be provided by the Royal Hong Kong Regiment

(The Volunteers) and the First Battalion Irish Guards. The Regimental

Band of the Irish Guards will also be in attendance.

The four Cenotaph sentries will consist of one guard each from the

Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, the Army and the Royal Hong Kong Regiment.

The ceremony will begin with the arrival of the Governor at

10.58 a.m.

Following the playing of the National Anthem and the sounding

of the Last Post, a two-minute silence will be observed at 11 a.m. The

beginning and end will be signalled by the firing if a gun from H.M.S, tamar.

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