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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (1st Step Association Limited), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association) and the New Territories (Neighbourhood & Worker's Education Centre Limited) from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (September 4), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (September 1).
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 any fraudulent flag day activity is 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 September 4 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong 1st Step Orange Orange
Island Association
Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Young Green White
Women's Christian
Association
New Neighbourhood & White White
Territories Worker's Education
Centre Limited
Ends/Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Issued at HKT 15:06
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