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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (May 7) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are: on Hong Kong Island, Centre for Restoration of Human Relationships Limited; in Kowloon, Ladder Mission Limited, and in the New Territories, Cheung Chau Island Women's Association Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (May 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 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 May 7 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong Centre for Restoration Green Green
Island of Human Relationships
Limited
Kowloon Ladder Mission Limited Purple Purple
New Cheung Chau Island Pink Pink
Territories Women's Association
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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