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Three charities will hold flag sales this Wednesday (July 20) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Brain Foundation Limited; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps; and in the New Territories, Neighbourhood & Worker's Education Centre Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (July 18).
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 July 20 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Green Green
Island Brain Foundation
Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Blue Blue
Air Cadet
Corps
New Neighbourhood & White White
Territories Worker's
Education Centre
Limited
Ends/Monday, July 18, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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