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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (December 29). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Eternal Flame Action; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Alzheimer's Disease Association; and in the New Territories, Riding for the Disabled Association 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 December 29 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Eternal Flame Action White Pink
Island
Kowloon Hong Kong Alzheimer's Yellow White
Disease Association
New Riding for the Green Green
Territories Disabled Association
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 on the department's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of 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, December 29, 2012
Issued at HKT 06:01
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