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Remembrance Day in Hong Kong and Commonwealth Member States
November 11 marks the Remembrance Day observed by commonwealth states in memory of the end of the First World War on November 11, 1918.
Since the end of the Second World War, the British Hong Kong government named the second Sunday of every November as the Remembrance Day.
Ceremony has since then been observed at the Cenotaph in Central to commemorate the soldiers and the casualties during the First and the Second World Wars.
Source: Kevin Cheng @ USP United Social Press #Nov8
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Remembrance Day in Hong Kong and Commonwealth Member States
November 11 marks the Remembrance Day observed by commonwealth states in memory of the end of the First World War on November 11, 1918.
Since the end of the Second World War, the British Hong Kong government named the second Sunday of every November as the Remembrance Day.
Ceremony has since then been observed at the Cenotaph in Central to commemorate the soldiers and the casualties during the First and the Second World Wars.
Source: Kevin Cheng @ USP United Social Press #Nov8
#History #FirstWorldWar