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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (October 13), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (October 11).
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 October 13 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Hong Kong Air Blue Blue
Island Cadet Corps
Kowloon The Hong Kong White White
Association of
Senior Citizens
New Tuen Mun District Yellow Yellow
Territories Women's Association
Limited
Ends/Thursday, October 11, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:39
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