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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Heep Hong Society), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Rehabilitation Power) and the New Territories (Asbury Methodist Social Service) respectively on Saturday (November 21), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (November 19).
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, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
The Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practises 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 Bag of
Flag
Hong Kong Heep Hong Yellow Gray
Island Society
Kowloon Hong Kong Blue Golden
Rehabilitation Yellow
Power
New Asbury Light White
Territories Methodist Green
Social Services
Ends/Thursday, November 19, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:55
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