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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Methodist Centre), in Kowloon (The Hong Kong Association of Senior Citizens) and the New Territories (TREATS) respectively from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (June 26), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (June 23).
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 SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on June 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Methodist Centre Green Green
Island
Kowloon The Hong Kong White White
Association of
Senior Citizens
New TREATS Pink White
Territories
Ends/Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Issued at HKT 10:40
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