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Wednesday, November 7, 1973

During this period all shipowners, shipmasters and people

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

minimun the sounding of whistles, horns or sirens in the vicinity of the

Cenotaph.

After the ceremony at the Cenotaph, 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,

Prior to the Cenotaph tribute, a short ceremony will be held

at 10 a.m. at the Chinese War Memorial in the Botanic Gardens. There,

the Governor and the Commander, British Forces, will lay wreaths. They

will be followed by the Colonial Secretary, the Secretary for Home Affairs

and Chinese Unofficial Members of the Executive, Legislative and Urban

Councils.

At Sek Kong, units of the 48 Gurkha units will be taking part in

a Drumhead Service outside 3:. Marvin's Chamesta,

During the ceremony, which begins at 11 a.p., music will be

provided by the Brigade of Gurkha Staff,

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

the Stanley Club at 10.45 a.. 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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