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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (June 3), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (June 1).
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 3 is as follows:
Colour of Collection Colour
Region Organisation Bag of Flag
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HK Island Chai Wan Area White Red
Kai-Fong Welfare
Association
Limited
Kowloon Asia Women's Yellow Yellow
League
Limited
NT The Yuen Yuen Green Green
Institute
Ends/Thursday, June 1, 2006
Issued at HKT 12:04
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