5
August 2005
VICTORY
DAY CEREMONY – SUNDAY 14 AUGUST 2005
A
memorial ceremony will take place at the Cenotaph in Chater Road,
Central on Sunday 14 August 2005 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary
of the end of the Pacific War and the Liberation of Hong Kong
from occupation. This event is organised by the Hong Kong Prisoners
of War Association, assisted by the RHKR The Volunteers Association,
and is to remember all of those who gave their lives in the defence
of Hong Kong in 1941, died in the years of brutal captivity which
followed or had their lives shortened as a result of that treatment.
The
Hong Kong SAR Government will be represented by the Chief Secretary.
The Honourable Mr Raymond Chan, the Canadian Minister of State
(Multiculturism), is representing Canada. In addition, wreaths
will be laid on behalf of Legco, the Judiciary, by the Consuls-General
of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Singapore,
South Africa, and the United States and on behalf of the Commissioner
of Police. Representatives of veteran and ex-servicemen’s associations
including the Prisoners of War, the World War II Veterans, the
RHKR The Volunteers, the Royal British Legion Hong Kong Branch,
the Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen, the British Army Aid Group, the Chindits,
the Gunners Roll of Hong Kong, the Gurkhas and the Stanley Internees
will lay wreaths.
Cadet
Force Contingents on parade will be from the Hong Kong Adventure
Corps, the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Cadet Corps. They will
be accompanied by the CAS Band and five other Uniformed Youth
Groups from the CAS Cadets, St John Ambulance, The Red Cross,
the Boy Scouts and the Road Safety Patrol.
The
outline programme is:
| 1040
hours: |
Parade
formed from Uniformed Youth Groups and the CAS Band Marches
On |
| 1050
hours: |
Officials,
Consuls-General and Veterans form up |
| 1050
hours: |
Arrival
of the Chief Secretary |
| 1100
hours: |
“Last
Post” – by bugler |
| 1101
hours: |
Two
Minutes Silence |
| 1103
hours: |
“Reveille”
– by bugler |
| 1104
hours: |
Laying
of wreaths |
| 1115
hours: |
Laying
of flowers by individual veterans |
| 1120
hours: |
National
Anthem |
| 1123
hours: |
Parade
Marches off - Ceremony ends |
For
media and public inquiries:
Albert
Lam, Tel: 2358 6436
Ron Taylor, Tel: 9302 4412
From
the RHKR The Volunteers Association, on behalf of The Hong Kong
Prisoners of War Association.
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