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Three charities will hold flag sales tomorrow (August 31) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, MFMW Limited; in Kowloon, Kwun Tong Methodist Social Service; and in the New Territories, Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O Women's Association Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (August 30).
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 August 31 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong MFMW Limited Dark Pink Dark Pink
Island
Kowloon Kwun Tong Green White
Methodist Social
Service
New Sai Kung and Yellow Yellow
Territories Tseung Kwan O
Women's
Association
Limited
Ends/Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:31
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