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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (November 10). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Royal British Legion (Hong Kong & China Branch); in Kowloon, Windshield Charitable Foundation; and in the New Territories, the Federation of New Territories Youth Foundation 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 November 10 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong The Royal British White Red
Island Legion (Hong Kong
& China Branch)
Kowloon Windshield Yellow White
Charitable
Foundation
New The Federation Orange White
Territories of New Territories
Youth Foundation
Limited
For enquiries, please call the department's hotline on 2343 2255 or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours. Information on the flag days of the month is also available on the department's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by 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/Saturday, November 10, 2012
Issued at HKT 06:01
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