[3] Every year, the Governor of Hong Kong, government officials and Legislative Council members attend the memorial event at Statue Square in Central.

The Hong Kong government declared August 30 as Liberation Day, a public holiday, to celebrate the end of Japanese occupation.

[5] The memorial ceremonies of Remembrance Day were originally celebrated in three locations: the Hong Kong Zoo, Statue Square, and St. John's Cathedral.

[8] The holiday was replaced by Buddha's Birthday and the ceremonies in memory of the end of World War II were combined and celebrated with Remembrance Day.

[9] Nowadays, Remembrance Day is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of November,[10] and the mourning ceremonies are mainly carried out by Hong Kong Military Veterans.