Highlights of the weekend will include action displays in the basin of HMS Tamar and a full programme of arena demonstrations by the Motorcycle Display Team from 29 Transport Squadron of the Royal Logistic Corps, the Dog Display Team from the Hong Kong Defence Animal Support Unit together with traditional lion and dragon dances.
Music throughout the weekend will be provided by the Band of the Brigade of the Gurkhas and the Corps of Drums from 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment.
The final Garrison Open Days are being staged to raise money for the Locally Enlisted Personnel Trust, the charity established by the British Forces to provide funds for Hong Kong Chinese ex-members of the Garrison who may find themselves in need of assistance after 1997. The two-day event will also allow the public access to various units of the military and demonstrate how the Garrison operates.
Also open to the public will be a variety of souvenir shops, games stall and military displays, some of which will provide opportunities to examine and handle selected items of military equipment.
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Flushing water cut in Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok
The flushing water supply to some premises in Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok will be temporarily suspended from 9 am to 5 pm on Friday (November 22) for alteration works on watermains.
The suspension will affect all premises in the area bounded by Castle Peak Road, Po Lun Street, Sham Shui Po seafront, Cherry Street, Tong Mei Road, Mong Kok Road, Sai Yee Street, Bute Street, Kowloon Canton Railway, Cornwall Street, Nam Cheong Street and Ching Cheung Road.
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