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NLIS 6
June 16, 2000
(Tourism, Culture and Recreation)


NOTE TO EDITORS:

Premier and minister to participate in Islendingur departure ceremony

Premier Brian Tobin and Charles Furey, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, are visiting Reykjavik, Iceland at the invitation of Prime Minister David Oddsson of Iceland, to participate in the Islendingur departure ceremony planned for 4 p.m. Iceland time (6:30 p.m. Newfoundland standard time) on June 17. The departure ceremony corresponds with the celebration of Iceland�s national holiday.

Follow the Islendingur on the web as she sails across the Atlantic by logging onto our web site at:

www.gov.nl.ca/vikings/

www.viking-2000.com

Media contacts:

Heidi Bonnell, Premier�s Office, (709) 729-3564.

Elizabeth Matthews, Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, (709) 729-0928.

2000 06 16                         3:50 p.m.


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