The unique ceremony will be organized in cooperation with private TV station SCTV Maluku and the Indonesian marines, Zahlan Heluth of SCTV stated here on Tuesday.
The governor will attend a practice diving session on August 8, 2015, along with the trainers from the Indonesian Marines.
During the initial stage, the practice session will be held in a swimming pool owned by the Navy in Halong, Baguala sub-district, in Ambon, he noted.
A day prior to the flag-hoisting ceremony, a "Save Coral Reef" campaign will be held for planting some one thousand young coral reefs in the Ambon waters.
"Following the planting of coral reefs, Governor Assagaff will hold a teleconference with President Joko Widodo," he remarked.
The environmental campaign in Ambon is part of a national program to plant one million young coral reefs to be organized by the Indonesian Navy`s Marine Corps across the country on August 16, 2015.
Apart from Ambon, the campaign will be organized in Weh Island in Sabang, Aceh Province; Lembeh Island; and Bitung in North Sulawesi.
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