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Wednesday, November 7, 1973

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES

Special Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held throughout Hong

Kong on Sunday (November 11) in honour of those who died during the two

world wars.

The main memorial service will take place at the Cenotaph in

Statue Square.

Among those attending will be the Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose;

the Colonial Secretary, Mr. D.T.E. Roberts; the three Service Commanders

led by the Commander, British Forces, Lt. General Sir Richard Ward; the

Chief Justice, neabers of the Executive and Legislative Councils, the

Chairman of the Commanding Officers' Committee, a representative of the

Merchant Navy, Commonwealth 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 The Black Watch. The Band of the

Royal Hong Kong Regiment and the Pipers from the Black Watch will be in

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Navy,

There will be four Cenotaph sentries, one each from the Royal

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

ending will be marked by the firing of a gun from H.M.S. Tamar.

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