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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (June 17), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (June 15).
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 June 17 is as follows:
Region Organisation Colour of Colour of
Collection Bag Flag
HK Island Riding for
the Disabled Green Green
Association
Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Beige White
Alzheimer¡¯s
Disease
Association
NT ActionLove
(China) Deep Pink Deep Pink
Limited
Ends/Thursday, June 15, 2006
Issued at HKT 10:16
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