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Three charities will hold flag sales this Wednesday (July 18) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Liver Foundation; in Kowloon, Hong Kong-Macao Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Kidney Foundation Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (July 16).
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 July 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Liver Grey Light
Island Foundation Green
Kowloon Hong Kong-Macao Orange Yellow
Conference of
Seventh-Day
Adventists
New Hong Kong Kidney Red White
Territories Foundation Limited
Ends/Monday, July 16, 2012
Issued at HKT 12:01
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