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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (June 4) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are Taishan Charitable Association Limited on Hong Kong Island, The Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod in Kowloon and Employees' Safety, Training & Rehabilitation Services Limited in the New Territories, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (June 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/).
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 June 4 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Taishan Charitable White Pink
Island Association Limited
Kowloon The Chinese Rhenish Purple Purple
Church Hong Kong
Synod
New Employees' Safety, Yellow Yellow
Territories Training &
Rehabilitation
Services Limited
Ends/Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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