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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (January 7), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (January 5).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
"The organisations are allowed to conduct flag-selling activities only in their respective regions, and the flags and donation collection bags will be of different colours," the spokesman said.
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 January 7 is as follows:
Region Organisation Colour of Colour
Collection of
Bag Flag
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HK Barnabas Charitable Purple Blue
Island Service Association
Ltd
Kowloon Shamshuipo Kaifong Yellow White
Welfare Advancement
Association
NT Hong Kong Employment Orange Orange
Development Service
Limited
Ends/Thursday, January 5, 2006
Issued at HKT 16:54
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