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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (The Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Limited), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association) and the New Territories (The Federation of New Territories Youth Foundation Limited) from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (August 7), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (August 4).
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 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 August 7 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong AIDS Yellow Light
Island Foundation Limited blue
Kowloon Hong Kong Youth Red Red
Hostels Association
New The Federation of Orange White
Territories New Territories Youth
Foundation Limited
Ends/Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:32
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