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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (March 12) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Aberdeen Kai-Fong Welfare Association Limited, in Kowloon, The Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, and in the New Territories, Cheung Chau Rural Committee Integrated Youth Centre, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (March 9).
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's homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on March 12 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Aberdeen Light Green Light Green
Island Kai-Fong
Welfare
Association
Limited
Kowloon The Hong Kong Yellow Orange
Catholic
Marriage
Advisory
Council
New Cheung Chau Dark Green Yellow
Territories Rural
Committee
Integrated
Youth Centre
Ends/Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Issued at HKT 15:01
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