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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (September 2), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (August 30).
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 September 2 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Bag Flag
Hong Kong Retina Hong Green White
Island Kong Region
Kowloon International Red Red
Buddhist
Progress
Society
(Hong Kong)
Limited
New Action for Yellow Yellow
Territories Vision Eye
Foundation
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Issued at HKT 13:15
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