***********************
Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (August 8). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Joyful (Mental Health) Foundation Limited; in Kowloon, the International Nature Loving Association Limited; and in the New Territories, Yuen Long Kam Kwong Church Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on August 8 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Joyful (Mental Yellow Yellow
Island Health) Foundation
Limited
Kowloon The International Dark Dark
Nature Loving Green Green
Association Limited
New Yuen Long Kam Kwong Purple Purple
Territories Church Limited
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/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to a one-stop portal (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/today/) launched by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer.
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police.
Ends/Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Issued at HKT 06:01
NNNN
