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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (April 14) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Brain Foundation Limited; in Kowloon, the Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Women Development Association Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (April 11).
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 April 14 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Green Green
Island Brain
Foundation
Limited
Kowloon The Orange Yellow
Neighbourhood
Advice-Action
Council
New Hong Kong Red White
Territories Women
Development
Association
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Issued at HKT 12:01
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