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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Wednesday (April 19), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (April 17).
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 April 19 is as follows:
Region Organisation Colour of Collection Bag Colour of Flag
HK Island Pok Oi Hospital Red Light pink
Kowloon Hans Andersen Club Limited Green Orange
NT Chung Sing Church Limited Red White
Ends/Monday, April 17, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:01
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