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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (September 29), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (September 27).
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 http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Homepage http://www.esd.gov.hk.
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 Social Welfare Department homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on Saturday is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of
Organisation Collection Bag/¡@ Flag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Joint Yellow / White
Island Council of Parents
of the Mentally
Handicapped
Kowloon International Buddhist Red / Red
Progress Society
(Hong Kong) Limited
New The Rehabilitation Red / White
Territories Alliance Hong Kong
Limited
Ends/Thursday, September 27, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:04
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