Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The National Funeral Committee released a following notice on Saturday:
It notifies that it decided as follows so that the whole party, army and people can express the most profound regret at the demise of leader Kim Jong Il and mourn him in deep reverence:
1. His bier will be placed at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace.
2. Mourning period will be set from Dec. 17 to 29, Juche 100 (2011) and mourners will be received from Dec. 20 to 27.
3. A farewell-bidding ceremony will be solemnly held in Pyongyang on Dec. 28.
4. A national memorial service for Kim Jong Il will be held on Dec. 29.
Mourning guns will be boomed in Pyongyang and in provincial seats timed to coincide with the national memorial service in Pyongyang and all the people will observe three minutes' silence and all locomotives and vessels will blow sirens all at once.
5. All institutions and enterprises across the country will hold mourning events during the mourning period and all provinces, cities and counties will hold memorial services timed to coincide with the national memorial service in Pyongyang.
6. The institutions and enterprises will hoist flags at half-mast and musical and all other entertainments will be refrained.
7. Foreign mourning delegations will not be received.
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