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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1986
THE ORDER OF SERVICE WAS LARGELY CHOSEN BY LADY YOUDE AND IT BEGAN WITH BISHOP KWONG READING FROM THE GOSPELS OF ST. JOHN, CORINTHIANS, ROMANS, AND ST. MATTHEW.
THEN FOLLOWED A PSALM, NO. 121, WHICH BEGAN WITH THE WORDS,
+I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS+.
THE LESSON WAS TAKEN FROM ECCLESIASTICUS, A BOOK OF THE APOCRYPHA, AND SPOKE IN PRAISE OF MEN WHO WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIME+. IT WAS READ BY THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN,
THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR THEN SANG THE FAMOUS WELSH HYMN, CWM RHONDDA, BEGINNING +GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT REDEEMER+.
AFTER THE EULOGY, AN ANTHEM, +PAN IS ANGELICUS+ (BREAD OF ANGELS) WAS SUNG BY A PRINCIPAL TEACHER FROM THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, MR MICHAEL RIPPON.
BISHOP KWONG THEN LED THE MOURNERS IN PRAYER, AND AFTER A FINAL HYMN A BLESSING WAS DELIVERED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG, THE MOST REV. JOHN BAPTIST CHENG-CHUNG WU.
TWO MINISTERS FROM OTHER DENOMINATIONS ALSO TOOK PART IN THE SERVICE, READING PRAYERS. THEY WERE THE REV. KENNETH P. ANDERSON, OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, AND THE REV. PHILIP TENG, OF THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE CHURCH UNION OF HONG KONG.
AFTER THE SERVICE, THE COFFIN WAS CARRIED FROM THE CATHEDRAL, AND PLACED ON THE CARRIAGE FOR THE JOURNEY TO THE CAPE COLLINSON CREMATORIUM, WHERE A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE WAS TO TAKE PLACE.
AS THE CORTEGE MOVED OFF, ESCORTED BY MILITARY LANDROVERS AND POLICE MOTORCYCLE OUTRIDERS, A FURTHER 17-GUN SALUTE WAS FIRED FROM HMS TAMAR.
THE SERVICE WAS BROADCAST ON THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH CHANNELS OF BOTH COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS.
AT ST. JOHN'S, A FURTHER 300 PEOPLE GATHERED IN TWO HALLS ADJOINING THE CATHEDRAL TO WATCH THE TELEVISION BROADCAST.
MORE THAN 2 400 PEOPLE WATCHED THE SERVICE ON THE TELEVISION SCREENS AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM, WHICH WAS OPENED AS A SPECIAL VENUE FOR PEOPLE WISHING TO WATCH THE SERVICE.
ABOUT A THOUSAND OTHERS ALSO GATHERED IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL WHERE THERE WAS A VIDEO RELAY.
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