Prime Minister Trudeau visits Sai Wan war cemetery
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2017-Jun-29 西灣國殤紀念墳場 Sai Wan War Cemetery
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Periscope Rewind - Sai Wan Military Cemetery Hong Kong
A quick walk through Sai Wan Military Cemetery in Hong Kong.
Hiking Dragon's Back Trail | Shek O Peak, Sai Wan War Cemetery, Yick Fat Building
We're heading to the southern part of Hong Kong Island to do the Dragon's Back hike up to Shek O Peak! We stumble upon the Sai Wan War Memorial and check out the Yick Fat Building. We also treat ourselves to some wonton noodle soup and E's favorite, milk tea with coffee jelly!
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Justin Trudeau visits Canadian graves at Hong Kong war cemetery
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Sai Wan War Cemetery to pay homage to the Canadian soldiers who died after fighting to defend Hong Kong during the Second World War. There are 283 Canadians buried at the cemetery. (Sept. 6)
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits; attends war memorial
(11 Nov 2012) SHOTLIST
1. Mid of Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, meeting with Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong Chief Executive
2. Wide of the meeting
3. Close-up of Chinese and Canadian flag
4. Wide of Edward Fast (left), Canadian Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Chan Ka-keung (right), Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, signing an agreement
5. Mid of Harper and Leung talking to each other
6. Mid of Fast and Chan signing an agreement
7. Mid of Harper
8. Wide of scouts lowering the Canadian flag
9. Mid of two soldiers in dress uniform, eyes closed, rifles lowered
10. Mid of Harper and his wife placing a wreath in tribute to Canadians who died in World War II
11. Mid of Canadian flag waving
12. Harper walking to podium
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister:
By their deaths they made possible the freedom we enjoy, the democracy by which we govern ourselves and the justice under which we live. These are the flowers that flourish upon their graves.
14. Cutaway of cameras
15. SOUNDBITE (English), Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister:
The Act of Remembrance that we perform today here, or wherever Canadians in uniform serve their country, must therefore be something beyond a solemn reminder of dear ones lost. It must call all Canadians to look beyond our sorrow. It asks us to honour in our lives at all times, what our forebears won by their deaths and to protect and preserve the peace they left to us.
16. Wide of scouts singing at memorial event
17. Close reverse shot of a scout singing, a Canadian flag on her sash
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Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper visited Hong Kong on Sunday where he held talks with Chief Executive, Leung Chu-ying, and paid tribute to Canada's fallen soldiers at a Remembrance Day ceremony.
Canada is home to 500,000 individuals of Hong Kong descent and Hong Kong has the largest concentration of Canadians abroad next to the United States.
During Harper's visit, both governments signed an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
The agreement will further strengthen economic and trade ties between the two, and provide added incentives for companies in Canada to do business or invest in Hong Kong, and vice versa.
Harper also participated in a Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday, paying special tribute to Canadians who died defending Hong Kong during the Second World War.
By their deaths they made possible the freedom we enjoy, the democracy by which we govern ourselves and the justice under which we live. These are the flowers that flourish upon their graves, Harper said at the ceremony at the the Sai Wan Bay War Cemetery, where 283 Canadians are buried.
The Act of Remembrance that we perform today here, or wherever Canadians in uniform serve their country, must therefore be something beyond a solemn reminder of dear ones lost, he added.
Hong Kong is the last stop of his Asia visit.
He travelled to India and the Philippines before visiting Hong Kong.
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MVI 1409: 30th August 2015 Hong Kong remembers the war dead
The Sai Wan War Cemetry: on the 70th anniversary of the Allied re-ocuppation, a small service to honour and remember the war dead who lay here.All were soldiers, sailors, airmen, aid workers and civilians. They were British, Canadian, Chinese, Dutch, Indian and Portugese. Majority of them perished during the Battle of Hong Kong and the remaining during the Japanese occupation.
Hong Kong at War - The Gardens of Stone
Following the Battle of Hong Kong and the occupation of the city by Japanese forces, colonial troops and some civilians were buried in the Sai Wan War Cemetery (Chinese: 西灣國殤紀念墳場). There are nearly 2000 interned here, including many who died in the Battle of Hong Kong and POWs who were sent elsewhere in Asia and passed away. There are over 200 Canadian troops buried here, including Brigadier General John K. Lawson, the highest ranking officer to die in the Battle of Hong Kong.
This is a Periscope video of my trip to the cemetery but you won't see the comments from the people who were watching it live. At times it might seem like I'm talking to myself but there were people chatting with me as I walked through the cemetery.
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The Gravekeeper- Cheung Yu Keung
Cheung Yu Keung is a former British soldier in his early sixties. After he discharged from the army, he became the one who manages the war graves of Commonwealth soldiers in Hong Kong and later, the entire China.
Americans and Dutch soldiers are also buried in war graves managed by him.
He has to deal with a lot of stuff. From gardening of the cemetery to organising memorial ceremonies for veterans from different countries.
In 2010, he was awarded the MBE medal from Queen Elizabeth II because of his service over the years.
Hong Kong Cemetery
Hong Kong Cemetery (Chinese: 香港墳場), formerly Hong Kong (Happy Valley) Cemetery and before that Hong Kong Colonial Cemetery, is one of the early Christian cemeteries in Hong Kong dating to its colonial era beginning in 1845. It is located beside the racecourse at Happy Valley, along with the Jewish Cemetery, Hindu Cemetery, Parsee Cemetery, St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery and the Muslim Cemetery. Hong Kong Cemetery contains 79 scattered Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 62 from the Second World War, which are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Protestant Cemetery is built as a series of terraces ascending a hillside. The older graves tend to be at the bottom of the hill; those from the 1930s and 1940s are generally at the top.
On a number of occasions, remains in the Protestant Cemetery have been disinterred to make way for road developments, and have been placed in niches in an ossuary, which continues to be used for contemporary cremations. The niches provide basic information on each individual.
A scene in John le Carré's novel The Honourable Schoolboy takes place in the nearby racetrack as well as the cemetery.
The cemetery is a popular place for filming movies and TV shows. The UK folk artist Johnny Flynn released a song in 2008 about the cemetery, found on the album A Larum.
Russian Graves in Hong Kong Cemetery
Tour to Hong Kong Cemetery to know more about Russians in early HK history, organized by the Russian Club Hong Kong
Sea funerals in fashion in Hong Kong
House prices in Hong Kong are among the highest in the world, and that even applies to final resting places. With cemetery plots scarce and costly, more and more families in this southern Chinese territory are opting for funerals at sea. Duration: 02:29
serviceman cemetery in Hong Kong
there is a good view but sad place
Benevolence of Memorial Park Hong Kong
Memorial Park Hong Kong is a private cemetery, also a charitable organisation. It offers low prices' cemeteries as well as develops public welfare in Hong Kong.
2013 Remembrance Day for the Consulate General of Canada
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- Canadian Consul General J. Ian Burchett lays a poppy at the statue in Hong Kong Park that commemorates Sergeant-Major John R. Osborn, V.C.
- Remembrance Sunday organized by the Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen Association, where we meet our friend, President of the World War II Veterans Association and Battle of Hong Kong Veteran, Peter Choi
- Canadian Parliamentarians visit the Sai Wan War Cemetery
- Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson lays a wreath at the Sai Wan Wan Cemetery
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Hong Kong Colonial Cemetery
Photos taken in June 2016.
Veteran At Saiwan Cemetery
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Hong Kong running out of space for burial plots
20150830 西灣軍人墳場 Sai Wan War Cemetery (2)
紀念儀式結束，軍樂隊離場。