Visit to war cemetery part of programme for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Hong Kong visit
He is in the city as part of an official visit to China, and will meet with prominent figures such as Li Ka-shing and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying
On the first day of engagements, Trudeau paid respect to fallen soldiers buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Sai Wan War Cemetery in Chai Wan, the military burial ground for the majority of Commonwealth and Allied troops.
Trudeau then met with Hong Kong’s wealthiest man Li Ka-shing and son Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, and at lunchtime, was entertained by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
The Canadian leader was received by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying later in the afternoon.
The wreath laying ceremony in the morning proceeded despite much of the cemetery being waterlogged from heavy rain.