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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories this Saturday (May 27), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said.
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 27 is as follows:
Region Organisation Colour of Colour of
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HK Island Cheung Chau Green Green
Rural Committee
Integrated
Youth Centre
Kowloon The Hong Kong Red White
Adventure
Corps Limited
NT Hong Kong Orange Blue
Outlying
Islands
Women's
Association
Limited
Ends/Thursday, May 25, 2006
Issued at HKT 12:05
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