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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (January 20), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (January 18).
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.
The Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activities" for voluntary compliance of the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on SWD homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on January 20 is as follows:
Region Name of Organisation Colour of Colour of
Collection Bag Flag
Hong Kong Saint Barnabas' Society Red White
Island and Home
Kowloon Kwun Tong Methodist Green White
Social Service
New
Territories The Girls' Brigade Purple Purple
(Hong Kong)
Ends/Thursday, January 18, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:16
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