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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (October 11), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (October 9).
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/.
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 ˇ§Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activitiesˇ¨ 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 Saturday is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Aged Yellow Beige
Island Concern Limited
Kowloon Rotary Club of Hong Kong Yellow Light
City North Community Blue
Service Fund Limited
New The Rehabilitation Alliance Red White
Territories Hong Kong Limited
Ends/Thursday, October 9, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:33
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