SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1983
REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES TO BE HELD
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HONG KONG WILL OBSERVE THIS YEAR'S LIBERATION DAY WITH A WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE CITY HALL ON MONDAY (AUGUST 29).
DURING THE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 10.45 AM IN THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH FORCES, HONG KONG PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION, ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS), THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT AND HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE WILL LAY WREATHS AT THE SHRINE IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WHO DIED IN THE BATTLE OF HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1941 OR LATER AS PRISONERS OF WAR.
THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN, WILL LAY A WREATH ON BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH FORCES.
THE WREATH OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION WILL BE LAID BY ITS CHAIRMAN, MR J.V.G. MITCHELL.
REGIMENTAL WREATHS OF THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE LAID BY ITS HONORARY COLONEL, DR S.M. BARD, AND ITS COMMANDING OFFICER. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL T.C. VILLIERS, AND THAT OF THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT BY WARRANT OFFICER SECOND CLASS T.W. SAUNDERS.
THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT AND THE VOLUNTEERS FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE IN THE BATTLE OF HONG KONG.
THE WREATH OF THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE WILL BE LAID BY MR F.M. CASTRO, ON BEHALF OF ITS CHAIRMAN, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES.
THE WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST POST, A TWO-MINUTE SILENCE AND REVEILLE, AND THE FIRING OF THREE VOLLEYS OF SALUTE.
THE FIRING PARTY, BUGLER AND SENTRIES, WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE VOLUNTEERS.
REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE WILL BE HELD AT LITTLE SAI WAN AND STANLEY CEMETERIES.
PARADES WILL BE STAGED AT BOTH CEMETERIES BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE, AND WREATHS WILL BE LAID ON BEHALF OF THE COMMANDANT AND OFFICERS OF THE FORCE.
CONTINGENTS WILL ARRIVE AT LITTLE SAI WAN CEMETERY AT
10.30 AM AND AT STANLEY CEMETERY AT 11.30 AM.
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT/HONG KONG ISLAND (AUX), MR A.M. DA COSTA, WILL GIVE A BRIEF ADDRESS.
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