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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (October 15) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Chai Wan Area Kai-Fong Welfare Association Limited; in Kowloon, Apostolic Faith Church of Hong Kong Limited; and in the New Territories, Tuen Mun District Women's Association Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (October 12).
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 October 15 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong Chai Wan Area White Red
Island Kai-Fong Welfare
Association
Limited
Kowloon Apostolic Faith Orange Orange
Church of Hong
Kong Limited
New Tuen Mun District Yellow Purple
Territories Women's Association
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Issued at HKT 16:05
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