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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (August 12), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (August 10).
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 12 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Yellow Red
Island AIDS Foundation
Limited
Kowloon The Society for Purple Yellow
Community
Organization
Limited
New The Conservancy White White
Territories Association
Ends/Thursday, August 10, 2006
Issued at HKT 09:25
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