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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (August 30), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (August 28).
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, www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/
If fraudulent flag day activities are suspected, 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 by the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the reference guide on the SWD homepage, www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on August 30 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Hong Kong Brain Green Green
Island Foundation Limited
Kowloon Asia Women's Yellow Yellow
League Limited
New Evangelical Lutheran Yellow White
Territories Church Social Service
- Hong Kong
Ends/Thursday, August 28, 2008
Issued at HKT 10:36
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