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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Barnabas Charitable Service Association Limited), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps) and the New Territories (Rehabilitation Alliance Hong Kong) from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (July 10), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (July 7).
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/).
If fraudulent flag day activities are suspected, 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 July 10 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Barnabas Charitable Pink Blue
Island Service Association
Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Sea Cadet Light Light
Corps Green Blue
New Rehabilitation Red White
Territories Alliance Hong Kong
Ends/Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Issued at HKT 12:01
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