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Attention Duty Announcers, TV and radio stations:

Please broadcast the following special announcement within this (July 1) morning, and repeat it at frequent intervals:

The Social Welfare Department announces that in addition to the traditional Saturday flag days, today (July 1) is an endorsed non-Saturday flag day, which is allocated to The Hong Kong Buddhist Association.

Members of the public can check relevant information at http://www.info.gov.hk/swd or http://www.esdlife.com .

End/Tuesday, July 1, 2003

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