Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor attends a ceremony to commemorate the Victory Day of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression at City Hall Memorial Garden in Central, Hong Kong, Sept 3, 2020. (PHOTO/HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG - The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday held a commemoration for the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

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A ceremony was held in the City Hall Memorial Garden on Thursday morning, during which the national and HKSAR flags were raised and guns were fired to pay tribute to the martyrs

A ceremony was held in the City Hall Memorial Garden on Thursday morning, during which the national and HKSAR flags were raised and guns were fired to pay tribute to the martyrs.

Vice-chairmen of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Tung Chee-hwa and Leung Chun-ying, HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Luo Huining, Director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Zheng Yanxiong, Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR Xie Feng, and Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Garrison in the HKSAR Chen Daoxiang attended the ceremony.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (front) and HKSAR government officials attend a ceremony to commemorate the Victory Day of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression at City Hall Memorial Garden in Central, Hong Kong, Sept 3, 2020. (First row, from left) The head of Hong Kong's national security office Zheng Yanxiong; Director of the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong Luo Huining; Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Leung Chun-ying; Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC Tung Chee Hwa; the Aide-de-Camp Ada Chan; Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Geoffrey Ma Tao-li also attend the ceremony.  (PHOTO/HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

The guests present also included the chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal, principal officials of the HKSAR government, president of the Legislative Council (LegCo) Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, members of the Executive Council, lawmakers, representatives of the disciplined services, former members of the Hong Kong Independent Battalion of the Dongjiang Column and war veterans.

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In February 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress designated Sept 3 as the Victory Day of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

In August 2014, the HKSAR government announced that since that year, an official ceremony would be held on Sept 3 every year to commemorate the victory day.