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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Operation Dawn Limited), in Kowloon (Suicide Prevention Services) and the New Territories (Hong Kong Tin Shui Wai Women Association) on Saturday (March 28), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (March 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 on 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 "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 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 Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Operation Dawn Yellow Green
Island Limited
Kowloon Suicide Red Red
Prevention
Services
New Hong Kong Tin Yellow Yellow
Territories Shui Wai Women
Association
Ends/Thursday, March 26, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:31
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