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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 9). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Chinese Church of Christ; and in the New Territories, Tin Shui Wai Women 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 March 9 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Island Society for
Rehabilitation
Kowloon The Hong Kong Light Dark
Chinese Church of Green Green
Christ
New Tin Shui Wai Women Yellow White
Territories 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 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/Saturday, March 9, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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