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Attention Duty Announcers, TV and radio stations:
Please broadcast the following special announcement within this morning (December 27), and repeat it at frequent intervals.
The Social Welfare Department announces that in addition to the traditional Saturday flag day, today (December 27) is an endorsed non-Saturday regional flag day, which is allocated to Touch the Bugs Hotline, Shamshuipo Kaifong Welfare Advancement Association, and The Church of United Brethren in Christ, Hong Kong Limited to sell flags on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively.
For enquiries on the regional flag day, people can call the department's hotline at 2343 2255, or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours.
Ends/Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Issued at HKT 06:01
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