Flag raising for five days<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso has called upon city residents
\nto raise the national flag from Aug. 14 to Aug. 18, from 6 a.m.
\nto 6 p.m., in celebration of the 56th Independence Day.<\/p>\n
He also suggested that city residents follow President
\nMegawati's state address, which will be broadcast live on
\ntelevision from 10 a.m. on Aug. 16, a day ahead of Independence
\nDay.<\/p>\n
As for city government institutions, the governor instructed
\nthem to hold a flag-raising ceremony beginning at 8 a.m., and
\nthen to follow on television a similar ceremony to be held at the
\nMerdeka Palace grounds.<\/p>\n
He also instructed the city administration offices to decorate
\ntheir buildings with red-and-white flags and banners.<\/p>\n
Heads of subdistricts are expected to hold activities
\ninvolving local residents.<\/p>\n
The governor also asked them, as well as high-level officials
\nin mayoralties and districts, to organize events to entertain the
\npublic.<\/p>",
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