Falklands : Falklands Flags at Half-mast For King of Tonga
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 12.09.2006 (Article Archived on 26.09.2006)

The King of Tonga is remembered in the Falkland Islands.

FALKLANDS FLAGS AT HALF MAST FOR THE KING OF TONGA

By J. Brock (FINN)

Flags were at half-mast in the Falklands on Tuesday in honour of the life of King  Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, who died in hospital in New Zealand at 2334hrs LMT on Sunday, 10 September 2006.  The king had an unspecified yet lengthy illness.  Government House has instructed that at Government locations where flags are normally flown, they should be flown at half mast on Tuesday 12^th September from 0800 to sunset.

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