香港，1月4日 -- 1月3日，根据《中华人民共和国香港特别行政区驻军法》规定，经中央军委批准，驻港部队组织进驻香港后第23次军官轮换。圆满完成香港防务任务的200余名陆海空军官轮换离港，返回内地部队工作。
HONGKONG, Jan. 4 -- According to the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Garrisoning the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and with the approval of the Central Military Commission, more than 200 officers assigned to the PLA Hong Kong Garrison left Hong Kong for mainland after completing their defense duties on January 3.
上午9时40分，驻香港部队在新田军营举行隆重的仪式，为即将奔赴新工作岗位的战友们送行。换出军官是从全军选调至驻香港部队工作，在港期间，他们出色完成了驻香港部队展览中心开放运行、“香江卫士”系列演习、联合巡逻等各项重大任务，为宣示主权、履行香港防务作出了重要贡献，受到香港同胞和社会各界的高度赞誉。
At 9:40 a.m., the PLA Hong Kong Garrison held a seeing-off ceremony at the San Tin military camp.These rotating-out officers had been selected from the Chinese military, and successfully completed various major defense duties during their deployment, which had won them high acclaim from citizens and all sectors of Hong Kong.
此外，新一批从全军选调到驻香港部队工作的军官已于近日抵达香港，并接替了换出军官的防务职责，此前他们在内地经过专门培训，完全具备了履行香港防务职责所需的综合素质和能力基础。
In addition, the new batch of rotating-in officers has arrived in Hong Kong and taken over the defense responsibilities from their predecessors. After special training in the mainland, they have become fully eligible to fulfill defense duties as required in Hong Kong.
