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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (May 23), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (May 21).
The Hong Kong Joint Council of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped will sell flags on Hong Kong Island, Asian Outreach Hong Kong Limited will sell flags in Kowloon and Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong will sell flags in the New Territories.
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/).
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 SWD's homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on May 23 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Yellow White
Island Joint Council of
Parents of the
Mentally Handicapped
Kowloon Asian Outreach Blue Blue
Hong Kong Limited
New Evangelical Yellow Yellow
Territories Lutheran Church
Social Service–
Hong Kong
Ends/Thursday, May 21, 2009
Issued at HKT 15:46
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