MONDAY, JULY 22, 1991
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GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO GURKHA RIFLES
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ITS PROUD HISTORY
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) PAID TRIBUTE THE SIXTH QUEEN ELIZABETH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES FOR OF SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE PARADE OF THE REGIMENT AT TIN THIS MORNING, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE REGULARLY IN THE TERRITORY AND THAT HONG KONG HAD FOR.
CASSINO LINKS, SAN HAD SERVED REGIMENT
MUCH ΤΟ THANK IT
"ONE OFFICER AND FOUR OTHER RANKS HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY HERE.
"THE REGIMENT SAW BORDER DUTIES DURING THE TROUBLED YEARS OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION. IT GAVE VALUABLE SUPPORT TO THE POLICE DURING THE RIOTS IN 1967.
"YOUR VIGILANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM SINCE THEN HAVE HELPED KEEP THIS TERRITORY SECURE, HE SAID.
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ON THE BORDER
THE GOVERNOR SAID OVER THE YEARS THE REGIMENT HAD ALSO Wokkkb
HELPING THEM IN CLOSELY WITH THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,
TIMES OF TROUBLE DURING TYPHOONS, FLOODS AND LANDSLIPS AND IN MANY OTHER WAYS.
PATHS
"YOU HAVE WORKED WITH OUR DISABLED AND OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
"YOU HAVE. BUILT
AND WATER SUPPLIES FOR OUR REMOTE
VILLAGES.
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"AND YOUR BAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES, HE SAID.
PROUD AND MEMORABLE DAY KEEPING THE VICTORIA
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT TODAY WAS A FOR THE REGIMENT WHEN IT RECEIVED INTO ITS OWN CROSS WON BY CAPTAIN MICHAEL ALLMAND.
HE POINTED OUT THAT CAPTAIN ALLMAND, WHO WAS KILLED IN BURMA IN 1944 DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY, FIGHTING WITH REMARKABLE GALLANTRY.
"HIS HEROISM STANDS AS A REMINDER OF THE LOYAL SERVICE GIVEN IN 1817 AS THE CUTTACK BY THIS REGIMENT SINCE IT WAS FIRST RAISED LEGION," HE SAID.
THE REGIMENT WILL DEPART HONG KONG FOR BRUNEI NEXT APRIL. "YOU RETURN, SIR DAVID WILL BE MISSED AND WE SHALL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
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