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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Taishan Charitable Association Limited), in Kowloon (Institute of Social Service Development) and the New Territories (The Conservancy Association) respectively on Saturday (August 1), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (July 30).
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 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 ˇ§Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activitiesˇ¨ 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 August 1 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Taishan Charitable White Pink
Island Association Limited
Kowloon Institute of Social Orange Orange
Service Development
New The Conservancy White White
Territories Association
Ends/Thursday, July 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:41
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