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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (The Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Limited), in Kowloon (Children's Thalassaemia Foundation) and the New Territories (Power of Love Limited) this Saturday (August 15), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (August 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 (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 homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on August 15 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong AIDS Yellow Blue
Island Foundation Limited
Kowloon Children's Thalassaemia Red White
Foundation
New Power of Love Limited Green Red
Territories
Ends/Thursday, August 13, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:47
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