Ceremony, Parade Held To Mark May 4th Movement

A special flag-raising ceremony was held at Bauhinia Square on Friday morning to commemorate the May 4th movement, where thousands of students rallied in Beijing in 1919 to protest against China's treatment in the Treaty of Versailles.

More than a thousand students attended the flag-raising ceremony, which was also attended by Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung, Legco President Andrew Leung, and the deputy director of the Liaison Office, Chen Dong.

During the parade by students, the Hong Kong Army Cadets Association marched in Chinese style.

But other uniformed groups retained their British marching steps, which is different from the style used by mainland troops.

Sources from a number of uniformed groups revealed to the media earlier this year that they had been asked by the event organiser to switch from the British style of marching to the Chinese one. But the majority of them said they had no intention to change.