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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (August 27), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (August 25).
Arrangements had 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 at www.info.gov.hk/swd and ESD Life's website at 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 August 27 is as follows:
Region Organisation Colour of Colour
Collection of
Bag Flag
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HK World Wide Fund White White
Island for Nature Hong Kong
Kowloon Kwun Tong Resident Orange Orange
Association
NT Employees¡¦Safety, Yellow Yellow
Training and
Rehabilitation
Services Ltd
Ends/Thursday, August 25, 2005
Issued at HKT 10:00
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