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===Hong Kong=== {{Main|Remembrance Day (Hong Kong)}} [[File:Remembrance Day in Hong Kong 1.JPG|thumb|The [[Hong Kong Police Force Pipe Band|Hong Kong Police Band]] at the memorial service by [[The Cenotaph (Hong Kong)|the Cenotaph]] in [[Central, Hong Kong]]]] Remembrance Day was formerly observed in [[British Hong Kong]], although it has not been a [[Public holidays in Hong Kong|public holiday]] since the [[handover of Hong Kong]] from the UK to China in July 1997. However, members of the Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen's Association continue to organise a Remembrance Sunday multi-faith memorial service at [[The Cenotaph (Hong Kong)|the Cenotaph]] in [[Central, Hong Kong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkesa.com.hk/Events%20&%20Activities.php|title=REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY|publisher=The Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen's Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage Appraisal of the Cenotaph |url=http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/160meeting/AAB%2046%202011-12%20(Annex%20A).pdf |publisher=Antiquities Advisory Board |access-date=20 November 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113201149/http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/160meeting/AAB%2046%202011-12%20(Annex%20A).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The service has been attended by various government officials and the representatives of religious groups.<ref>{{cite news |title=Club Chairman participates in Remembrance Day ceremony |url=https://www.hkjc.com/english/corporate/racing_news_item.asp?in_file=/english/news/2012-11/news_2012111201511.html |access-date=20 November 2018 |publisher=The Hong Kong Jockey Club |date=12 November 2012}}</ref> The memorial service resembles the services performed in other Commonwealth countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harper honours Canadian war dead in Hong Kong on Remembrance Day |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/harper-honours-canadian-war-dead-in-hong-kong-on-remembrance-day/article5182285/ |access-date=20 November 2018 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> The service includes the sounding of "Last Post", two minutes of silence, the sounding of "Reveille", the laying of wreaths, and prayers, and ends with a recitation of the "Ode of Remembrance". The [[Hong Kong Police Band]] continues to perform their ceremonial duty at the service. Members of the [[Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps]] (including the [[Ceremonial Squadron]]), [[Hong Kong Adventure Corps]], [[Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps]] and scouting organisations are also in attendance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/remembrance-sunday-service-held-near-cenotaph-commemorate-war-dead/ |title=Remembrance Sunday service held near Cenotaph |publisher=Coconuts |date=9 November 2015 |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref>
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