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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (The Hong Kong Liver Foundation), in Kowloon (Hok Yau Club) and the New Territories (Tuen Mun District Women's Association Limited) respectively on Wednesday (April 15), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (April 13).
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, members of the public 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 SWD homepage (http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on April 15 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Grey Light Green
Island Liver Foundation
Kowloon Hok Yau Club Yellow White
New Tuen Mun Yellow Yellow
Territories District
Women's
Association
Limited
Ends/Monday, April 13, 2009
Issued at HKT 14:32
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