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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (December 10) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Award for Young People; and in the New Territories, Yan Oi Tong Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 7).
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 December 10 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Island Society for
the Deaf
Kowloon The Hong Kong Orange Yellow
Award for Young
People
New Yan Oi Tong Yellow White
Territories Limited
Ends/Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Issued at HKT 12:02
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