Hong Kong - 10th November 2013 - Remembrance Day / Poppy Day / Armistice Day / Veterans Day

[@edwardlo4167]

Long live our country- Hong Kong.

[@Unboxingandreviews2021]

I missed this again. But at least I can watch the video here. I will try to actually go and watch it live next year.

[@NexusApollo]

Many Hong Kongers died for the Commonwealth and not even the Chinese have the decency or respect to fly the Union Jack or Colonial Hong Kong flag.

[@cinimodification]

As you have correctly pointed out, it would be good practice to fly the flags of the services whose men gave their lives so that we could be free. But the flying of such flags would constitute "subversion" in the eyes of the Central Government, and could warrant a heavy-handed response from them.

[@bernardtam0823]

敬禮時，應該是階級較低的人先行舉手禮，待長官放下手下，才放下 06:27

[@christianleung-yingchan-wo3823]

And now the fate of Remembrance Day in HK is uncertain.

[@愛新覺羅普聰]

We will remember them!

[@Thiny1991]

God Bless HK!!! This is our land of liberty....

[@sisspymaster]

Colonel Bogey's March! Glad to see something that actually resembles HK.

[@RMJerry]

Perfect!I heard PLA's songs and British march.

[@Voltaire8559]

They dressed up so british! Who are these smartly dressed officers?

[@briangoulden6687]

They are officers of the HK Cadet Forces - Sea, Air and Land. The HK Air Cadets still have links with the RAF Air Cadets and, indeed, at the RAFAC 75th Anniversary Parade, the HKACC Colour Party paraded at RAF Cranwell alongside the Colour Parties from Australia and Canada.

[@Thiny1991]

A bit of humor maybe? Starting with Bridge on the River Kwai and ending with The Happy Wanderer.. Surely HK will be 110% free one day!

[@cinimodification]

It would be even better if they played Imperial Echoes and Sons of The Brave, but sadly that kind of music is now constrained to the annals of a bygone era of Hong Kong.

[@akt520]

The Happy Wanderer is one of a traditional marching song in the Royal HK police

[@RMJerry]

But I don't know why HK police use "The Happy Wanderer" which is a German song@@akt520

[@keithorbell8946]

The theme tune to Bridge over the River Kwai is officially known as Colonel Bogey, and during WWII some very rude verses about the Nazi Government were added.

[@Fishfingers232]

Are those RN/RAF personnel?

[@azuremain]

Cadets and former members of the Royal Hong Kong Kong Regiment and Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force. In the video you see also a a French Air Force Officer and a British Royal Army Officer (Brigadier) with the Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau Ms Caroline Wilson.

[@Fishfingers232]

I thought it looked kinda weird....a nearly 100% asian group in British uniforms even though China is responsible for the defense of Hong Kong.

[@azuremain]

Fishfingers232 Well, being Asian isn't the problem, but it's indeed weird that they follow British military traditions but salute the Chicomm flag. I guess that's the infamous Chinese pragmatism/opportunism.

[@ernestng5714]

+Fishfingers232 Hong Kong was past part of the Empire/Commonwealth. We fought along side with the allies during the 2 great wars, did serve the Kings/Queen and Country. Not to mentioned, they are still over 3M of local Chinese holding British issued passports, so what's wrong with such a bit Britishness?

[@Fishfingers232]

Ernest Ng Nothing, I just thought they were actual British Military personnel as opposed to cadets.

[@thebluetriangle8700]

Why are some of them using British weapons and uniforms?

[@keroro1562]

08:40 鄧梓峰🤣

[@Tisserand62]

It is great that Hong Kong still preserves such great British traditions under Chinese rule! Well done Beijing!

[@edwardlo4167]

Beijing?Really? !

[@azuremain]

"Well done Beijng"???!!! Just across the street is a PLA Garrison. Peking and their running dogs in Hong Kong do not even show the least of respect and decency to block the surrounding streets for this annual event. Plus you may have noticed there is no Union Jack or any other Commonwealth flag on the Cenotaph allowed. Instead the red blood-soaked flag of a totalitarian regime that systematically murdered more people than the Holocaust is flying from the Cenotaph that stands for the liberation from oppression and inhumanity. What sad irony.

[@cinimodification]

As azuremain has quite clearly pointed out, Beijing has absolutely no interest in respecting this event. The Remembrance Service is held by locals who wish to preserve their culture and respect those who gave their lives so they could be free. It is indeed sad to witness the tragic irony which has befallen this once great territory.

[@jerry0282]

This comment didn't age well

[@au169083]

OMG!