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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (May 13), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (May 11).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
For enquiries, please call the department's hotline at 2343 2255 or its headquarters at 2832 4311.
Information on the flag days of the month is also available at the department's website http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Life's website http://www.esdlife.com
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on May 13 is as follows:
Region Organisation Colour of Colour of
Collection Bag Flag
HK Island Hong Kong Methodist Green White
Epworth Village Community
Centre,
The Methodist Church
Kowloon The Boys' Brigade, Blue Blue
Hong Kong
NT Hong Chi Association Grey Green
Ends/Thursday, May 11, 2006
Issued at HKT 10:18
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