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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps), in Kowloon (The Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod
) and the New Territories (Against Child Abuse Limited) respectively from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (October 2), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (September 29).
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 October 2 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Air Blue Blue
Island Cadet Corps
Kowloon The Chinese Purple Purple
Rhenish Church
Hong Kong Synod
New Against Child Red Red
Territories Abuse Limited
Ends/Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Issued at HKT 15:02
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