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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (October 28), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (October 26).
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 any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on October 28 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Society for Yellow White
Island the Promotion of
Hospice Care Limited
Kowloon The Industrial Yellow White
Evangelistic Fellowship
Limited
New Against Child Abuse Red Red
Territories Limited
Ends/Thursday, October 26, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:38
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