HONG KONG: FINAL REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS HELD
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The British Colony of Hong Kong has held the last Remembrance Sunday ceremony before its sovereignty is handed to China next summer.
It is unknown whether the same ceremony will be held once the territory is governed by its SAR government (Special Administrative Region) next year.
There is no more poignant reminder of this island's colonial past than the Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
As always, it was held at the Cenotaph in Central Hong Kong ,Sunday, to honour those who gave their lives during both World Wars
The service had extra resonance this year as is the last time the British will run the ceremony before Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule next July.
Governor Chris Patten laid a giant wreath of poppies at the Colonial style remembrance service.
It is not known whether the same ceremony will be able to be held under the yet to be formed SAR government.
Among those who came to pay their respects to their fellow servicemen are Chinese and Anglo-Saxon veterans of the Second World War, all in their seventies and eighties.
Although coming from different backgrounds, these ex-servicemen all have one thing in common - they fought against the same enemy during World War II.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
But I'm here today remembering the war dead but I'm remembering a positive way by fighting for the living, by raising funds on Poppy Day for the Chinese ex-servicemen, and I'm fighting now for the Chinese invasion, wives and war widows to be granted British passport.
SUPERCAPTION: Jack Edwards, Former POW
SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese)
My worse memories was when I was in a mountain, we all had guns to protect ourselves. One section would go up to the top of the mountain and only a couple would make it back.
SUPERCAPTION: Chan Shu Sum, Veteran British Forces serviceman
Regardless of what sort of ceremony is held next year, one thing is certain - the British flags which have been flying over the territory for more than 100 years will not be there.
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Hong Kong - Remembrance Day
T/I 10:27:05
War veterans in Hong Kong have staged a traditional Remembrance
Day service at the cenotaph Sunday (09/11) to commemmorate the
territory's war dead. This is the first Remembrance Sunday since
the transfer of Hong Kongs sovereignty and key differences were
noticeable.
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PAN ACROSS people gathered at cenotaph;
VS officials gathered for service;
MS bugler;
MS white wreath from Tung Chee Hwa being laid at cenotaph
(military music playing)
VS people gathered at cenotaph;
MS wreaths;
VS people wearing poppies;
MS poppies on cenotaph;
CU Hong Kong Flag;
VS priest leading ceremony;
VS people listening to sermon;
MS Hong Kong Police band playing;
MS boy scout salutes;
SOT Abraham Tso, member of the Hong Kong ex-Servicemens'
Association (English): We believe this ceremony is for those
who died in the two wars and in fact a lot of Hong Kong people,
civilians and soldiers, died in the wars. So today, we just pay
our respects for those who died for us;
VS veterans seated on a bench;
medals pinned to their chests;
SOT Jack Edwardes Chairman of the HK and China branch of the
British Legion (in English): There is nothing colonial about
this at all. We, the ex-servicemen, want to preserve it for our
Chinese comrades; for those who fought and died with us;
PULL OUT military officers laying wreaths and saluting.
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Hong Kong - Handover protests
T/I: 10:30:58
Pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong prepared on Monday (30/6) to make their first challenges to Hong Kong's new leaders, with a series of protests planned to straddle the midnight handover to China.
The Three members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party entered the Legislative Council building Monday (30/6) in preparation for a handover protest.
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HONG KONG, 30/6
cenotaph;
people saluting by cenotaph;
onlookers;
soldiers by cenotaph;
c/a onlookers;
soldiers lowering flags;
w/s cenotaph;
soldiers marching with folded flags;
w/s flag-free cenotaph
outside Legislative Council building, Democratic party platform being erected for midnight demonstration;
c/a police
security forces outside Hong Kong Convention Centre where handover ceremony will be held.
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HONG KONG: THANKS TO RECLAMATION CHINA WILL INHERIT MORE LAND
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When Hong Kong reverts to Chinese rule on June 30 the Chinese will inherit considerably more land than existed in 1841.
Much of what is today's business district in Hong Kong island was in fact under water 156 years ago.
Thanks to land reclamation the Hong Kong and Kowloon waterfronts have slowly been creeping towards each other - so much so that the harbour is now one third smaller.
And some people fear that if reclamation continues the very nature of Hong Kong, which means fragrant harbour in Chinese, could be changed for ever.
Hong Kong's new Convention Centre extension glitters on the waterfront - the jewel in the crown of Hong Kong's latest land reclamation scheme.
It wasn't so long ago that Hong Kong's Legislative Council building and the Cenotaph war memorial overlooked the harbour.
Today the waterfront is at least another 100 metres away.
And traditionalist are saying enough is enough.
Former town planner and lawyer Winston Chu has begun a campaign to protect the harbour from further reclamation.
He says the harbour is in danger of being irrevocably damaged.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
If Hong Kong should lose the harbour is will be a city of a different character, it will no longer be the Hong Kong that we know and Hong Kong people are very angry about that.
SUPER CAPTION: Winston Chu, Chairman, Society for the Protection of the Harbour
Legislation has been introduced to try to scupper the government's plans.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
If the government wants to reclaim more of the harbour, they have got to justify that this is a last resort, there is no other way except to reclaim part of the harbour.
SUPER CAPTION: Christine Loh, Hong Kong Legislator
The government rejects claims it is ignoring other areas of land which could be developed.
It says new land is needed quickly to cope with Hong Kong's predicted population growth in the next decade.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
There are always reasons behind each piece of reclamation in Hong Kong, and what we are trying to do is look at the need, whether there is a need for it, whether that need could be satisfied elsewhere.
SUPER CAPTION: Jimmy Leung, Chief Town Planner, Strategic
Planning
When China formally reclaims Hong Kong from Britain inside this building Beijing's dignitaries will be standing on land which a few years ago wasn't there.
How Hong Kong's panoramic vista will be reshaped by Chinese rule is still an open question.
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HONG KONG CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT | FAMOUS BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG
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Welcome to Hong Kong's Central Business District, where we show you the most famous buildings in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong skyline is probably the most famous in the world, with its iconic buildings, each with different features, and designed by feng shui masters to attract wealth and prosperity for the country.
Each one is a different shape, colour, and even angled differently. Some 1200 international multinational companies are based in Hong Kong, and Central also hosts the biggest international banks. including HSBC, Citibank, Standard Chartered, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and many more.
Central being the CBD of Hong Kong is also where many doctors and lawyers are located, as well as the legislative council, final court of appeal. Cheung Kong is definitely one of the most famous iconic buildings, owned by Li Ka Shing.
'Central (also Central District; Chinese: 中環) is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula. The area was the heart of Victoria City, although that name is rarely used today.
As the central business district of Hong Kong, it is the area where many multinational financial services corporations have their headquarters. Consulates general and consulates of many countries are also located in this area, as is Government Hill, the site of the government headquarters. The area, with its proximity to Victoria Harbour, has served as the centre of trade and financial activities from the earliest days of the British colonial era in 1841, and continues to flourish and serve as the place of administration after the transfer of sovereignty to China in 1997.
Central is located on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula. It is bordered in the west by Sheung Wan, with the border being along Aberdeen Street (also called Wing Kut Street). It is bordered in the east by Admiralty, an eastern extension of the central business district. As such, Admiralty is sometimes considered a part of Central. Central is bordered in the south by Mid-levels, an area halfway up Victoria Peak. The boundary between Central and Mid-levels is not clearly defined.
For district council elections purposes, the area, together with Admiralty, correspond roughly to the Chung Wan constituency.[2] The boundaries of such constituencies may be subject to modification.[3]
Office buildings
Night view of Statue Square. From left to right:Bank of China Tower, HSBC Main Building, Standard Chartered Bank Building and Prince's Building
Bank of China Tower.
Two International Finance Centre.
9 Queen's Road Central
AIA Central
Alexandra House
Bank of America Tower
Bank of China Building, housing the China Club
Bank of China Tower
Central Building
Chater House
Cheung Kong Center
Citibank Plaza
CITIC Tower
Entertainment Building
Exchange Square, housing the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Hong Kong Club Building, housing the Hong Kong Club
Hong Kong Trade Centre
HSBC Main Building
Hutchison House
Jardine House
Man Yee Building
Prince's Building
St. John's Building
Standard Chartered Bank Building
The Center
The Centrium
The Landmark (office and shopping complex)
International Finance Centre (IFC), the second tallest building in Hong Kong
Wheelock House
Wing On House
World-Wide House
York House
Government buildings
Central Government Complex, Tamar under construction in March 2011.
Former French Mission Building
The Cenotaph
St. John's Cathedral
Chater Garden
Central Government Complex, Tamar
Former Central Government Offices on Government Hill
Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building
City Hall
Former French Mission Building, housing the Court of Final Appeal
General Post Office, Hong Kong
Government House
Hong Kong Planning and Infrastructure Exhibition Gallery
Legislative Council Building
Queensway Government Offices.'
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HONG KONG: INJUSTICE CAMPAIGNER JACK EDWARDS PROFILE
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To the outsider, Jack Edwards is the epitome of a British colonialist.
But to thousands of Chinese war veterans who fought for the British crown, the former prisoner of war is a hero.
Edwards is an outsider with an inside track, a man who straddles Hong Kong society, a man worth listening to.
Today for A-P-T-V he reflects on his battles with the British government down the years and looks forward to life in his adopted homeland under Chinese rule.
Jack Edwards has been a fighter all his days, a man whose character was hewn out of the coalfields and valleys of his native Wales.
In World War Two he battled the Japanese, today he battles injustice.
It is here among the ghosts of fallen comrades in the cemetery high above Hong Kong's bustle that Jack Edwards draws his real strength.
UPSOUND: (English)
H. M. Gore, my land sergeant, known as Basher Gore, Twenty second of December, forty two. He died a terrible death.
Remembrance has been part of Jack's life since the war and he is determined the change in sovereignty will not stop the annual November 11 commemorations.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
We must continue remembrance here. It's not a colonial thing, it's not just about the crown. All these people fought together in what they called the great Sino-Japanese patriotic war. And this is why I'm very concerned and hope that remembrance will continue.
SUPER CAPTION: Jack Edwards
For now, at least the British flags still fly at the Cenotaph in the centre of Hong Kong.
Close by, Jack's office has been the operational base of his 32 year campaign for those who fought for Queen and country.
First he won medical treatment and welfare grants, then it was
pensions and passports.
He's been driven all these years by the simple determination that 'None of us should forget'.
And he traces that determination back to his first visit to Hong Kong's war dead.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I went later and sat down near the graves and said 'God I'm 46, what have I been knocking myself out for.' And it was then that I vowed to do something positive with my life and that was the start of my commitment to helping veterans, the wives, and war widows and dependants.
SUPER CAPTION: Jack Edwards
His final campaign ended in triumph at Government House in April when the government relented and awarded British passports and citizenship to war wives and widows.
But Edwards is not a man who lives in the past.
He has become one of the best known characters in the colony of the last 30 years and talks about its future with hope.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
This is what makes it tick, the money. There's a Cantonese saying 'jai yap man, jah yap man' Lend me a dollar and I'll make a dollar. That's the way Hong Kong works, it's business, so I'm convinced it will remain an international city.
SUPER CAPTION: Jack Edwards
It will also remain as home for Jack Edwards.
So much of his life and work are wrapped up here, he could not bear to leave.
Whether it's helping the living or remembering the dead.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Now just look at that backdrop behind me here now. When I came here it wasn't there. All those buildings are housing families and here we are housing the dead. So it's all part of the bond of Hong Kong, this tremendous city we live in. This place we can call home, these are the ones who are home, for ever.
SUPER CAPTION: Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards' home in Hong Kong history and his place in the hearts of all Hong Kong's Chinese population are already guaranteed.
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Hong Kong - Independence Day Parade
T/I 10:20:24
British forces in Hong Kong held a parade marking the liberation of the
territory from Japan at the end of the Second World War for the last time on Monday (26/8) before their final departure from one of Britain's last colonies.
A detachment of fifty-three men from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Ghurka Rifles were on parade in front of the Cenotaph war memorial where
representatives from the Royal Navy, the British Army and the Royal Air Force had gathered with Hong Kong war veterans.
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CENTRAL HONG KONG, 26 AUGUST, 1996
Gurkha band marching;
Bagpipe band marching;
Gurkhas on parade ground;
War veterans among crowds of onlookers;
Gun salute;
Rear shot of military commanders saluting;
Commander of the British forces Bryan Dutton laying wreath at the citadel;
War veterans laying wreath;
WS of soldiers at attention;
Father Christopher Cook making an address;
Cutaway of crowd;
SOT Campaigner for war veterans Jack Edwards (in English): It's important to remember the dead and have this symbolism, so that the younger generation know.
WS of veterans holding British flag;
SOT Veteran Arthur Gomes (in English): If you come and join us we'll be very happy too.
Memorial to `the glorious dead'
Wreaths laid at memorial;
WS of soldiers on parade ground;
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Hong Kong - Presentation of awards
T/I: 10:06:58
In a ceremony that mirrored Monday's awards presentation by Prince Charles, Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa on Wednesday (2/7) presented Grand Bauhinia medals to 12 Hong Kong citizens. The awards are part of a new Hong Kong honours system to mark a historic new era in its return to the China. The twelve recipients were awarded for fostering a love for the motherland among the people of Hong Kong, for showing concern about and support for China's accomplishments, and for making an outstanding contribution to the Hong Kong community.
Among the recipients was Mrs Elsie Tu, an English woman long a resident of Hong Kong and an avid supporter of the rights of the underpriviliged, who was often in confrontation with British authorities.
There were other signs of change throughout the territory. Flags of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) and of China were flying over a number of buildings in central Hong Kong, the most conspicuous evidence that the transfer of sovereignty has taken place.
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HONG KONG, 2/7
Various interiors Government House, audience,
Dignitaries walk up aisle,
Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa welcomes Qian Qichen
Chinese FM Qian Qichen signs visitor book
Tung enters with Qian
Presentation to Mr K. L. Wong;
C/a audience
Presentation to Mrs Elsie Tu
cars leaving former governor's residence: new flag wrapped around flag pole;
SAR symbol behind tree.
China emblem in front of government building: close-up logo:
close-up SAR logo
Cenotaph without British flags
ext China Bank;
chinese/english sign outside
Prince of Wales building;
Chinese flag over Prince of Wales building.
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Chinese General Lays Wreath (1944)
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Chinese General lays wreath. London.
Various shots of Chinese General placing wreath on Cenotaph. C/U of the wreath. More shots of wreath being placed.
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HONG KONG: VETERANS COMMEMORATE 51st ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION
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Veterans of the Second World War in Hong Kong have commemorated the 51st anniversary of the liberation of the territory from Japanese forces.
It was the last time the commemorations were held under British administration.
Next year the territory will be under Beijing's rule - and the anniversary will be marked on a different date.
Hundreds of people converged on the centre of Hong Kong, Monday, to witness the final Liberation Day in the territory.
Members of Britain's Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force formed up at the Cenotaph (war memorial) alongside more than a dozen war veterans to commemorate the day the Japanese pulled out of Hong Kong.
Those participating included the Royal Ghurka Rifles, Pipes and Drums and the Band of the Corps of the Royal Engineers who are based in the U-K and currently on a tour of the territory.
The Commander of the British Forces, Major General Bryan Dutton and other war veterans laid wreaths during the ceremony.
Next year, when the Chinese take over, Liberation day will be celebrated on August 18th and will be called Sino-Japan War Victory Day.
But war veterans vow to continue paying their respects on the last Monday in August even after the change if sovereignty, despite the absence of the Union Jack and firing party.
Ex-prisoner of war Jack Edwards, a strong advocate of veterans rights said Liberation day was as much a Chinese celebration as it is a British one.
SOUNDBITE:
Very important for me because it's the last one under the British sovereignty. However, I hope it'll be continued under the Chinese because you see on that monument, eight
characters in Chinese which means the same thing, for the glorious dead. It's going to
be called next year, the Sino-Japanese Victory Day and I've stressed it's just as important for it to be remembered in the years to come as it is now. And I trust that even the PLA will support it.
SUPERCAPTION: Jack Edwards, War Veteran
Liberation day falls only two days before the Japanese Foreign Minister Ikeda visits the territory on July 28.
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Troops at Hong Kong War Memorial (c1930)
From 16mm home movie. Not strictly Malaya, as this section was filmed in Hong Kong. The video shows various troops parading near the Central District War Memorial ( so it may have been a formal Remembrance Day service.
The area near the memorial inevitably looks very different today (e.g.
This video is cited on the Colonial Film website (though they point to the original being held by the BFI),
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Remembrance Sunday Parade, 10 November 1991 Part 3
Hong Kong's Remembrance Sunday Ceremony held on 10 November 1991 at the Cenotaph , Central, Hong Kong.
Museum in Hong Kong tells the Tiananmen Square story |Journal
No commemoration for the Tiananmen Square massacre are allowed in mainland China. But in a museum in Hong Kong, visitors can get an impression of the massacre that took place 25 years ago.
CHINDITS and CHINESE CAPTURE MOGAUNG - SOUND
Troops through jungle, some leading mules. GS troops attack village, Bren-gunners, Machine-gunners and Mortars in action. Troops thru village. Chindit shakes hands with Chinese soldier.
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Remembrance Day Hong Kong 12/11/2017
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