On Saturday 18 May 1985, a funeral vigil was held at the World Hall of the World Funeral Parlour for family and friends to pay their respects.
The funeral itself was held on Sunday morning the 19th as a Catholic ceremony on the 30th day of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar, which was Yung Mei Ling's lunar birthday.

Many media are now writing that the funeral was held on Sunday 18th.

The coffin was attended by eight of his friends, including Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Wong Yat Wah, Miu Kiu Wai, Siu Sing, Lee Tim Sing, Ng Yun Chuen and Ho Kar Luen. After cremation, the ashes were returned to the UK and buried at the New Market Catholic Cemetery in Cambridge on June 3.

On the afternoon of Sunday, May 19, 1985, Commercial Radio News reported: "Today was the funeral of TV female artist Yung Mei Ling. There were 11,000 citizens watching outside the World Funeral Home in Hung Hom. Three children were slightly injured. As a result the police also sent more than 100 blue-hat police officers to maintain order at the scene. Yung Mei Ling committed suicide with gas in her radio channel residence on Tuesday. After her body was cremated, her ashes will be brought back to Britain to her mother. "

Now some media on the Internet have written: 100,000 people bid farewell to Yung Mei Ling ...

Source: https://m.weibo.cn/status/4373089519138669

source: https://m.weibo.cn/status/4542829274339464

 

1985年5月18日週六,翁美玲喪禮在世界殯儀館世界堂設靈守夜,供親友致祭,19日週日早上以天主教儀式舉殯,那天是農曆三月三十日,阿翁的農曆生日。
現在很多媒体都寫錯是18日週日出殯。
阿翁靈柩由好友劉德華、梁朝偉、黃日華、苗僑偉、蕭笙、李添勝、伍潤泉和何家聯八人扶靈,火化後骨灰運返英國,6月3日安葬在劍橋市新市場天主教墓園。

1985年5月19日星期日下午,商業電台新聞報導:” 電視女藝員翁美玲今日出殯,有一萬一千名市民在紅磡世界殯儀館外圍觀,躋迫中有三名小童受到輕傷,敷藥後無礙,警方亦派出一百多名藍帽子警員,在場維持秩序。 翁美玲是在本週二,在她的廣播道住所內用煤氣自殺,她的遺體火化後,骨灰將由母親帶回英国。“

現在網上有些媒体寫了是:有十萬市民送別翁美玲…

翁美玲#翁美玲34周年祭##怀念翁美玲# [蜡烛]

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