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Wednesday, November 8, 1972

During this period, all shipowners, shipmasters and people in charge

of small craft are requested to co-operate in reducing to the minimum the

sounding of whistles, horns or sirens in the vicinity of the Cenotaph.

Later the Governor will attend a Remembrance Day service in

St. John's Cathedral.

Members of the public and all service officers, apart from those

officially invited, who wish to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph may do so

after the Service departments have moved away from the Statue Square area.

Before the Cenotaph tribute, a short ceremony will be held at

the Chinese War Memorial in the Botanic Gardens where the Governor and the

Commander, British Forces, will lay wreaths. This will take place at 10 a.m.

Simultaneously with the Statue Square service, units of the 48

Gurkha Infantry Brigade will be taking part in a Drumhead Service outside

St. Martin's Church, Sek Kong.

Over 200 troops will be involved from B Squadron 14/20 King's

Hussars, 47 Light Regiment Royal Artillery, 656 Aviation Squadron and 50

Command Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Detachment,

Sek Kong. Music will be provided by the Band of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles.

At Stanley, the annual service of remembrance will be held at the

Stanley Club at 10.45 a.m. After the service, wreaths will be laid on the

graves of the fallen in Stanley Military Cemetery. The Band of the Cape

Collinson Training Centre will be in attendance.

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