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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Wednesday (August 2), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (July 31).
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 August 2 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Money of Flag
Collection
Bag
Hong Kong South Asian Yellow White
Island Lutheran Evangelical
Mission Limited
Kowloon Hok Yau Club Yellow White
New Neighbourhood White White
Territories & Worker's
Education Centre
Limited
Ends/Monday, July 31, 2006
Issued at HKT 15:27
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