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Attention TV/Radio Announcers:

Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:

Here is an item of interest to swimmers.

Red flags have been hoisted at the Shek O Beach, Big Wave Bay Beach, Stanley Main Beach and Hairpin Beach in the Southern District this (Friday) morning due to big wave. When the red flag is hoisted, it is dangerous to enter the water at these beaches.

End/Friday, October 9, 1998

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