Hong Kong to observe 3 minutes of silence on Tuesday at start of Jiang Zemin’s memorial service
- State funeral of Jiang, who died last Wednesday at age 96, will be held in Great Hall of the People in Beijing at 10am
- In Hong Kong, students, civil servants, healthcare staff to join residents in honouring late leader
Hong Kong is set to mourn the death of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin on an unprecedented scale on Tuesday, with schools, courts, hospitals and businesses pledging to heed the governments’ call to observe three minutes of silence in the morning.
While the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) would not follow their mainland counterparts and briefly halt trading at 10am in conjunction with the late leader’s memorial service, it would stop displaying data on its external screens at its office until the end of the moment of silence.
The Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange will also halt activities to observe three minutes of silence at 9am after the market opens.
The Hong Kong government earlier announced that citywide arrangements would be put in place on Tuesday to mourn the death of Jiang alongside “mainland compatriots”, with officials and civil servants required to observe three minutes of silence and entertainment activities across the city being called off.
The state funeral of Jiang, who died last Wednesday at age 96, will be held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at 10am and aired by the city’s public broadcaster and played at the government headquarters and its 18 district offices.
