JAKARTA, INDONESIA - AN Indonesian city is offering more than 1,000 boys a free circumcision as part of celebrations for the 58th anniversary of its foundation, a report said on Tuesday.

Health officials in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan province, said the circumcisions were a gift of better health to hundreds of boys whose families may not be able to afford the procedure, Antara news agency reported.

'We hope the mass circumcision...can help the people in maintaining their health because free medical services do not include small operations,' local health department chief Cipta Waspada said.