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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (July 8), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (July 6).
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 SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours.
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 a donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on July 8 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Money Flag
Collection
Bag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Island Society for the Deaf
Kowloon The Mongkok Purple Yellow
Kai-Fong Association
Limited
New Evangelical Yellow White
Territories Lutheran Church
Social Service
- Hong Kong
Ends/Thursday, July 6, 2006
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