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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (July 21) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, A Drop of Life Limited, in Kowloon, Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, and in the New Territories, the Yuen Yuen Institute, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (July 18).
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 21 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong A Drop of Life Blue Blue
Island Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Society Orange Orange
for the Protection
of Children
New The Yuen Yuen Green Beige
Territories Institute
Ends/Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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