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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Operation Dawn Limited), in Kowloon (Regeneration Society Limited) and the New Territories (The Federation of New Territories Youth Foundation Limited) this Saturday (January 16), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (January 13).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
For enquiries, please call the SWD'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 January 16 is as follows:
Name of Colour of Colour
Region Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Operation Dawn Yellow Light
Island Limited Green
Kowloon Regeneration Blue Yellow
Society
Limited
New The Federation Orange White
Territories of New
Territories
Youth Foundation
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:04
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