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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (July 29), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (July 27).
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 July 29 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Bag Flag
Hong Kong
Island China Education Green White
Association,
HKUSU
Kowloon Hong Kong Dark Blue Yellow
Rehabilitation
Power
New Rotary Club of Light Blue Light
Territories Hong Kong City Blue
North Community
Service Fund
Limited
Ends/Thursday, July 27, 2006
Issued at HKT 15:55
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