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21-gun salutes planned for 1995
HMS Tamar's saluting guns on Stonecutters Island will fire for the first time this year at midday on February 7 (Tuesday) on the anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen's accession to the throne.
Other 21-gun salutes to be fired in 1995 are:
April 21 (Friday) -- Anniversary of HM the Queen's birthday
June 2 (Friday) -- Anniversary of HM the Queen's coronation
June 10 (Saturday) -- Anniversary of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's birthday June 17 (Saturday) -- HM the Queen's official birthday
August 4 (Friday) -- Anniversary of HM the Queen Mother's birthday
All salutes take place at noon. Details of other gun salutes during 1995 will be announced in due course.
Attention news editors:
You are invited to send a photographer to any of the gun salutes. Please inform Joint Service Public Relations Staff (Telephone 2588 3315) 24 hours in advance of any occasion you wish to cover so that transport to Stonecutters Island can be arranged.
End/Tuesday, January 10, 1995
49 Ex-China Vietnamese illegal immigrants repatriated
A total of 49 Ex-China Vietnamese Illegal Immigrants (ECVIIs) comprising 24 men, 11 women, eight boys and six girls were returned to Nanning, Guangxi by air this morning (Tuesday).
Discussions are continuing with the Chinese authorities on the repatriation of the 340 ECVIIs still remaining in Hong Kong.
End/Tuesday, January 10, 1995
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