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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (November 26) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Road Safety Association; in Kowloon, Christian Action; and in the New Territories, Fanling Assembly of God Church, Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (November 23).
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 SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on November 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Road Blue Red
Island Safety Association
Kowloon Christian Action Green White
New Fanling Assembly of Pink Pink
Territories God Church, Limited
Ends/Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Issued at HKT 12:04
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