Regional flag day today
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     Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 7). They are, on Hong Kong Island, CBN Hong Kong Limited; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children; and in the New Territories, Yan Oi Tong Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.

     Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.

     Information on the three flag-selling organisations on May 7 is as follows:
  
Region       Name of         Colour of     Colour
             Organisation    Collection    of Flag
                             Bag
---------   ---------------  -----------   -------
Hong Kong   CBN Hong Kong    White         Blue
Island       Limited

Kowloon      Hong Kong        Orange       Orange
             Society for
             the Protection
             of Children

New          Yan Oi Tong      Yellow       White
Territories  Limited

     For enquiries, please call the SWD'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 SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).

     Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).

     In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police.

Ends/Saturday, May 7, 2016
Issued at HKT 06:01

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