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#FACTCHECK On May 8, after #JohnLee was declared HK’s next leader with 1,416 supporting votes from the election committee, he said in his victory speech “today…is also the World Smile Day established by the International Committee of the Red Cross”. However…
…in response to enquiry about the day, @ICRC said “On May 8, we celebrate the Word Red Cross Red Crescent day. This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant (born on 8 May 1828)”, founder of the ICRC.

So ICRC did not establish May 8 as the World Smile Day.
A search w/the key words “World Smile Day” “May 8” - in Chinese or English - will lead to reports by China’s state media saying that the May 8 World Smile Day was established by a “World Mental Health Organisation” 世界精神衛生組織, an org I am yet to find any official info.
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