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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Retina Hong Kong), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Adventure Corps Limited) and the New Territories (Pok Oi Hospital) respectively on Saturday (September 26), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (September 24).
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 "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 Saturday is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Retina Hong Kong Green White
Island
Kowloon Hong Kong Adventure Red White
Corps Limited
New Pok Oi Hospital Red Pink
Territories
Ends/Thursday, September 24, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:33
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