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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (September 17), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (September 15).
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 http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Life's website at 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 September 17 is as follows:
Region Organisation Colour of Colour
Collection of
Bag Flag
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HK The Spastics Yellow Yellow
Island Association of
Hong Kong
Kowloon Hong Kong Association Green Green
for specific Learning
Disabilities
NT The Rehabilitation Red White
Alliance Hong Kong Ltd
Ends/Thursday, September 15, 2005
Issued at HKT 10:13
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