The Standard
January 22, 2005
By: SIMON SONG
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Front_Page/GA22Aa02.html
An elderly person holds a candle as mourners pay their last respects to Zhao Ziyang in Victoria Park.
Thousands of people took part in a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park on Friday night to pay tribute to the late Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang.
Scores of mainlanders were among the crowd, which was estimated at around 15,000.
Meanwhile in Beijing, a group of veteran party members has urged the leadership to assure proper funeral honours for Zhao.
The authorities have offered Zhao’s family a ceremony to bid farewell to his remains, one notch below a memorial service in Communist protocol.
A source close to the family has said Zhao would be laid to rest at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in western Beijing.
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