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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (June 18). They are The Urban Peacemaker Evangelistic Fellowship Limited on Hong Kong Island, ADPL Social Service Centre Limited in Kowloon and Shatin Women's Association Limited in the New Territories, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (June 15).
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 on 2343 2255 or SWD headquarters on 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 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
organisation collection bag of flag
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Hong Kong The Urban Peacemaker Orange Orange
Island Evangelistic
Fellowship Limited
Kowloon ADPL Social Service Orange Orange
Centre Limited
New Shatin Women's Green White
Territories Association Limited
Ends/Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Issued at HKT 16:54
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