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Gallant Garden (Traditional Chinese: 浩園), in Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery at Wo Hop Shek, Hong Kong, was established in November of 1996 for civil servants who die on duty. In 2000, permanent earth burial was extended to both civil servants and non-civil servants who died with exceptional bravery while on duty. It has an area of 1600m2 and currently maintained by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. There is also a big Buddhist-Taoist monastery built near the cemetery. Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Wo Hop Shek (和合石) is an area in the south of Fanling, Hong Kong. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (食物及環境衞生署), or FEHD (食環署) for short, is a department of Hong Kong Government, reporting to the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... For other uses of the words tao and dao, see Dao (disambiguation). ...


The majority of those interred are police officers and firefighters killed on duty, but several medical personnel who contracted and died from SARS while treating sufferers from the disease are also buried in the cemetery. Sars may refer to any of the following: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, commonly abbreviated as SARS Michael Sars, a Norwegian biologist, father of Georg Sars Georg Sars, a Norwegian biologist, son of Michael Sars Special Administrative Regions, commonly abbreviated as SARs Sars, Perm Krai, an urban settlement in Perm Krai...


Vandalism to 29 gravestones at Gallant Garden was discovered on 12 August 2006.[1] The identity and motive of the vandal(s) remains unknown. It exposed that the Gallant Garden has lax security. There are no closed-circuit security cameras installed at the site. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


The GPS coordinates of Gallant Garden are lat. 22.478399, long. 114.136432.


Those buried in Gallant Garden

  1. 1983 關耀煇 (died at 27):Traffic police killed in a traffic accident during duty
  2. 1987 陳潤良 (died at 30):Firefighter captain fallen during a blaze in Tsuen Wan
  3. 1990 岑凱傑 (died at 25):Police killed by a suspect in Mei Foo Sun Chuen[2]
  4. 1996 廖熾鴻 (died at 41):Firefighter died during a fire in Garley Building. [3]
  5. 1997 吳禮光 (died at 35):Firefighter died during training.
  6. 1998 王永基 (died at 39):Chief inspector of Police died during annual physical training examination
  7. 1998 陳阿文 (died at 50):A staff from the Marine Department died from accidental fall during work at Stonecutters Island
  8. 1998 黃英才 (died at 39):Acting senior Customs officer died from accidental fall while inspecting a container truck at Lok Ma Chau on April 12, 1998 [4]
  9. 1998 蔡孝濂 (died at 33):A medic died on duty in a traffic accident in Lamma Island
  10. 1998 林錦榮 (died at 35):A Water Supplies Department staff died in a traffic accident
  11. 1999 江榮發 (died at 39):A marine police stationed in Sai Kung marine police east headquarter was killed when a truck was tipped over
  12. 1999 黃生根 (died at 45):A worker of Regional Council died from a traffic accident while on duty
  13. 2000 梁錦光 (died at 43): An Immigration Department senior officer died from a fire started by an arsonist. He was the first civil servant permitted to be buried in Gallant Garden permanently.[5]
  14. 2000 吳栢明 (died at 25):Traffic police was hit by a vechicle while on duty.
  15. 2001 梁成恩 (died at 25):A constable was killed by an off-duty constable in Tsuen Wan Shek Wai Kok Estate (the same off-duty constable killed another constable in Tsim Sha Tsui in 2006)
  16. 2001 趙順安 (died at 28) :An off-duty firefighter drown while attempting to rescue a distressed teenager out in the sea in Sai Kung
  17. 2002 馬樂民 (died at 28) :Constable died during annual physical training examination
  18. 2003 劉永佳 (died at 38) :A nurse received SARS virus from a patient he was taking care of at Tuen Muen Hospital. He died as a result of SARS (non civil servant) [6]
  19. 2003 梁寶明 (died at 47) :An on-duty police constable was drowned after attempting to save a person during a flood at Ta Kwu Ling
  20. 2003 謝婉雯 (died at 35) :A doctor passed away from contacting SARS at Tuen Muen hospital on May 13, 2003 (non civil servant)
  21. 2003 鄧香美 (died at 36) :A hospital assistant passed away from contacting SARS at Union Hospital (non civil servant)
  22. 2003 劉錦蓉 (died at 48) :A hospital assistant passed away from contacting SARS at Union Hospital (non civil servant)
  23. 2003 王庚娣 (died at 53) :A Prince of Wales Hospital assistant passed away from contacting SARS.
  24. 2003 鄭夏恩 (died at 30) :A doctor from Tai Po Hospital passed away from contacting SARS (non civil servant)
  25. 2003 陳文狄 (died at 32) :An officer from Government Flying Service died during a B-HRX crash
  26. 2003 黃傑康 (died at 24) :A traffic police died from a traffic accident while on duty.
  27. 2003彭富國 (died at 35) : A pilot from Government Flying Service died during a B-HRX crash
  28. 2003 吳峻山 (died at 31) :A police constable died while on training.
  29. 2004陳業升 (died at 28) :A traffic police died from a traffic accident at Gascoigne Road flyover while he was responding to a traffic accident report.
  30. 2004 張振威 (died at 40) :A firefighter captain lost his life when he was on a mission to rescue people trapped in a plaza's manhole at Shau Kei Wan
  31. 2006 曾國恒 (died at 33):A constable was killed by an off-duty constable in Tsim Sha Tsui. He was buried on April 4, 2006. (the same off-duty constable killed another constable in Tsuen Wan Shek Wai Kok Estate in 2001)
  32. 2006 黃少鵬 (died at 44):A segarent died from previous gun wounds he suffered at Aberdeen while on duty
  33. 2007黃家熙 (died at 27) :Firefighter died while putting out a blaze in Tsuen Wan. He was buried on June 15, 2007.

Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tsuen Wan (Chinese: 荃灣, formerly also Tsun Wan) is a bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong, opposite to Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Regular blocks of Mei Foo Sun Chuen Mei Foo Sun Chuen (Chinese: , Jyutping: mei5 fu1 san1 cyun1; Cantonese IPA:  ; lit. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Garley Building (traditional Chinese: 嘉利大廈) is a 15-storey commercial building in on Nathan Road, in Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for maintaining the harbour (Port of Hong Kong) and monitor shipping traffic. ... Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau (Chinese: 昂船洲) is a former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Customs and Excise Department (C&ED, Traditional Chinese: ) is responsible for the protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region against smuggling; the protection and collection of Government revenue on dutiable goods; the detection and deterrence of narcotics trafficking and abuse of controlled drugs; the protection of intellectual property... Lok Ma Chau or Lokmachau (落馬洲) is a place at the border of Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the northwest New Territories of Hong Kong. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island Lamma Island Power Station and Hung Shing Yeh beach Lamma Island (Chinese: 南丫島), also known as Pok Liu Chau (博寮洲) or simply Pok Liu (博寮), is the third largest island in Hong Kong and part of the Islands District, Hong Kong. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... The position of Sai Kung District within the Hong Kong S.A.R. Sai Kung (西貢; pinyin: Xi1gong4; Cantonese: sai1 gung3) is the second-largest of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... The Regional Councils service area (in green) The Regional Council (區域市政局, RegCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services in the New Territories (excluding New Kowloon). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Immigration Department (Traditional Chinese: , known as 人民入境事務處 before the 1997 handover) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tsuen Wan (Chinese: 荃灣, formerly also Tsun Wan) is a bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong, opposite to Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. ... The Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is a famous landmark of Hong Kong. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The position of Sai Kung District within the Hong Kong S.A.R. Sai Kung (西貢; pinyin: Xi1gong4; Cantonese: sai1 gung3) is the second-largest of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sars may refer to any of the following: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, commonly abbreviated as SARS Michael Sars, a Norwegian biologist, father of Georg Sars Georg Sars, a Norwegian biologist, son of Michael Sars Special Administrative Regions, commonly abbreviated as SARs Sars, Perm Krai, an urban settlement in Perm Krai... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ta Kwu Ling (Chinese: 打鼓嶺) is an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince of Wales Hospital (威爾斯親王醫院), located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, is a public hospital and the teaching hospital of the Medical Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Junction of Kwong Fuk Road and Wan Tau Street, Tai Po Tai Po (大埔) (sometimes written as Taipo) refers to the area of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui (大埔舊墟) (originally Tai Po Market or Tai Po Town) and... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Government Flying Service is the flying services unit of the Hong Kong Government, mainly for search and rescue, air ambulance, firefighting, and police operations. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gascoigne Road (加士居道) is a main road in Kowloon, Hong Kong, going through the head of Kings Park and leading vehicles from West Kowloon to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A manhole or maintenance hole is the top opening to an underground utility vault used to house an access point for making connections or performing maintenance on underground and buried public utility and other services including sewers, telephone, electricity, storm drains and gas. ... Shau Kei Wan (Traditional Chinese: 筲箕灣) or Shaukeiwan, Shaukiwan is a town in Eastern District, Hong Kong. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Aberdeen (IPA: ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is Scotlands third largest city with a population of 202,370. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Reference

  1. ^ Press Release regarding vandalism at Gallant Garden
  2. ^ Officers may attend the funeral in memory of fallen fellow (Chinese), Offbeat (The newspaper of the Hong Kong Police Force) Issue 669, December 8, 1999
  3. ^ http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060817/12/1rjkd.html Ming Pao, August 18, 2006
  4. ^ http://www.customs.gov.hk/eng/publications_new_issue2_e.html Customs News, Issue 2, May 1998
  5. ^ http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200009/12/0912232.htm Regulations for the Gallant Garden (Chinese), September 12, 2000
  6. ^ http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200304/29/0429108.htm Press Release by acting chief executive,April 29, 2003


 
 

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