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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (April 28), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (April 26).
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 Social Welfare Department headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours.
Information on the flag days of the month is also available at the department's website www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Life's website 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 the department homepage www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on April 28 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of Flag
Organisation Collection Bag
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Hong Kong Methodist Church, Green White
Island The Hong Kong Methodist
Epworth Village Community Centre
Kowloon Hong Kong Society Yellow Orange
for the Protection of Children
New Hong Chi Association Grey Green
Territories
Ends/Thursday, April 26, 2007
Issued at HKT 10:00
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