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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (December 24) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong; in Kowloon, The Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship Limited; and in the New Territories, The Church of United Brethren in Christ, Social Service Division, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 21).
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 24 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour Colour
Organisation of Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Richmond Fellowship White Light
Island of Hong Kong Yellow
Kowloon The Industrial Yellow Yellow
Evangelistic
Fellowship Limited
New The Church of Blue White
Territories United Brethren in
Christ, Social
Service Division
Ends/Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Issued at HKT 12:01
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