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# 7 Sep 72 PEO'S REPUBLIC OF CHANATIONAL AFFAIRS## FUNERAL CEREMONY HELD FOR NPC VICE CHAIRMAN HO HSIANG-NINGPeking NCKA International Service in Bglish 2:10 GMT 6 Sep 72 B[Text] Pexing, September 6, 1972 (HS1BHUA)--Ho Esiang-ning, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, chairman of the Revclutiorary Committee of the Kuomintang and howrary president of the Natioral Women's Federation of the Fecpie's Republic of Chira, died of tilness in Peking on September 1, 1572 at the age of 95.A solemn ceremony in her memory took place in the capital yesterday afternoon, and flags were flown at half mast at Tieranmen Square and in front of Hsinhuamen and the Foreign Ministry. A funeral ceremony was held today for the deceased in Kazking.The ceremony in Peking was held in the Great Hall of the People. A portrait of Ho Hsiang-ning hung in the meeting hall.Wreaths presented by the great leader Chairman Mao and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China were placed there.There were also wreaths presented by Tung Pi-wu, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Chira and acting chairman of the People's Republic of China; *Score Chinz-ling*, vice-chairman of the People's Republic of China: Chu Te, member of the Folitical Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and chairman of the NPC Standing Committee; Chou En-iai, zember of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and premier of the State Council; Kang Sheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee; Liu Po-cheng, Chiang Ching, Hsu Shiheyu and Chen Hs1-11en, members of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee; and Nieh Jung-chen, vice-chairzan of the Mitary Commission of the CCP Central Committee; and wreaths from the Kitary Commission of the CCP Central Committee, the NPC Standing Committee, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Central Committee of the Revoluticnary Committee of the Kuomintang, the waited Front serk Department of the CCP Central Committee, the Ratioral Women's Federation of the Feople's Republic of China, the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Public Health and other departments, and the CCP Peking Municipal Committee and the Feking Runicipal Fevolutionary Committee.Attending the ceremony were Turg Pi-wu, Soong Ching-ling, Chu Te, Chou En-lai, Yeh Chien-ying, Chang Chun-chiao, Yao Ven-yuan, Li Hsien-rien, Chi Teng-kuei, Li Te-sheng, Wang Tung-hsing, Esu Hsiang-chien, Kuo Mo-jo, Xgapo Ngawang-Jigme, Chou Chien-Jen, Chen Yun, Li Pu-chun, Hsu Te-beng, Pu Tse-1, Tsai Chang, Yeng Ying-chao, Eua Kuo-feng and Wu Te. They expressed sympathy with. Liao Cheng-chih, Liao Meng-hsing and Ching Pu-chun, family members of the late Ho Hsiang-aing.Chu Te, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the ceremony. Vice-Chairman Soong Ching-ling sade a menorial speech.Vice-Chairaan Soong Ching-ling said: "Madame Ho Hsiang-ning in her earlier years followed Dr. Sun Yat-sen in carrying out the revolution of 1911 to cverthrow the feudal rule of the Ching dynasty. Later, she took an active part in the punitive expedition against Yuan Shih-kai and in the movement to uphold the provisional republican constitution. In 1924, she firmly supported Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary programme or the new three peoples principles, the reorganization of the Kuomintag and on-operation with the Chinese Communist Party.