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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Hong Kong Blind Union), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association) and the New Territories (Fung Kai Public School) respectively from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (February 18), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (February 15).
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 February 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Hong Kong Blind Yellow White
Island Union
Kowloon Hong Kong Young Green Green
Women's Christian
Association
New Fung Kai Public Yellow White
Territories School
Ends/Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Issued at HKT 12:12
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