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Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:      The Hong Kong Observatory has issued the Very Hot Weather Warning.      To prevent heat stroke, avoid pro… read more

     Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (July 27). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Children’s Thalassaemia Foundation; in Kowloon, Greeners Action and in the New Territories, Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O Women’s Association 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 July 27 is as follows:
 

Region	Name of Organisation	Colour of Collection Bag	Colour of Flag
Hong Kong Island	Children’s Thalassaemia Foundation	Red	Pink
Kowloon	Greeners Action	Green	Green
New Territories	Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O Women’s Association Limited	Yellow	Light Yellow

     For enquiries, please call the SWD’s hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678. Information on flag days is available at the SWD’s website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew) and the GovHK portal (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search). Permits for flag days containing contact information of the flag-selling organisations and information on the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD’s website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_recentlyap). For enquiries about the detailed flag-selling arrangements, please contact the individual flag-selling organisations.

     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, the spokesman added. read more

     Police today (July 26) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Kwai Chung.      Tse On, aged 88, went missing after he left an elderly home on Wo Tong Tsui Street yes… read more

     Police today (July 26) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Hung Hom.      Tse Chun-moon, aged 56, went missing after he left a hostel on Chi Kiang Street on July … read more

     Hong Kong Customs seized about 3.1 kilograms of suspected 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) with an estimated market value of about $860,000 at Hong Kong International Airport on July 24.

     Customs officers inspected an air express parcel arriving in Hong Kong from Malaysia on July 24 and found the batch of suspected dangerous drugs concealed inside packages of curry powder.

     After follow-up investigation, Customs officers yesterday (July 25) arrested a 17-year-old man in Tai Po suspected to be in connection with the case.

     The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. He will appear at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (July 27).

     Customs will maintain close contact with Hongkong Post and the logistics industries to step up action against drug trafficking through postal parcel or express courier channels.

     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.

     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to the Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).

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