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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (April 9) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Saint Barnabas' Society and Home; in Kowloon, Chinese Evangelical Zion Church Limited, and in the New Territories, Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (April 6).
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 donations 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 April 9 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Saint Barnabas' Red Grey
Island Society and Home
Kowloon Chinese Evangelical Yellow Blue
Zion Church Limited
New Yuen Long Town Hall Yellow Purple
Territories Management Committee
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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