Ceremony to Commemorate Those Who Died in the Defence of Hong Kong (with photos)

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     The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held an annual official ceremony in commemoration of those who died in the defence of Hong Kong between 1941 and 1945 at the Hong Kong City Hall Memorial Garden today (October 9), the Chung Yeung Festival.

     The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, attended the ceremony and laid a wreath.

     Senior government officials, representatives from the Judiciary and members of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council were also present at this morning's ceremony. They were joined by representatives of Central People's Government organisations in Hong Kong, members of the Consular Corps concerned, religious leaders, community dignitaries, former members of the Hong Kong Independent Battalion of the Dongjiang Column, war veterans' groups, uniformed groups and student groups.

Ends/Sunday, October 9, 2016
Issued at HKT 10:15

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The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, this morning (October 9) attended an official ceremony to commemorate those who died in the defence of Hong Kong between 1941 and 1945 at the Hong Kong City Hall Memorial Garden. Photo shows attendees at the ceremony: Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Mr Huang Lanfa (second row, second left); the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam (second row, third left); The Secretary for Justice, Mr Rimsky Yuen (second row, forth left); Mr Leung (front row, second left); the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Mr Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (front row, third left); the Convenor of the Non-official Members of the Executive Council, Mr Lam Woon-kwong (front row, fifth left) and Legislative Council member Mr Abraham Shek (front row, sixth left).