LABUAN: The Labuan Corporation (LC) is celebrating the 39th Federal Territory Day this year in style.
Ahead of FT Day which falls on Feb 1, LC successfully hoisted the Federal Territories flag underwater at Rusukan Kecil Island on Wednesday .LC chief executive officer Rithuan Ismail said the idea was to invoke patriotic feelings in the hearts of the people on the island and to mark the elevation of Labuan to one of the nation's Federal Territories.
"The campaign is to encourage citizens to hoist the tricolour flag of the Federal Territories at their homes and business premises to mark the 39th Federal Territory Day,” he said. During the 30-minute underwater ceremony, the FT flag comprising three horizontal bars in yellow, blue and red, with the country's coat of arms in the middle, was hoisted five metres below the surface, said Labuan Fisheries director Faizal Ibrahim Suhaili.
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