Regional flag day today
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     Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 23). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Award for Young People; in Kowloon, Open Door Ministries Limited; and in the New Territories, Asbury Methodist Social Service, 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 23 is as follows:

Region       Name of         Colour of      Colour
             Organisation    Collection     of Flag
                             Bag
-------      ------------    ----------     -------
Hong Kong    The Hong Kong   Orange      Blue
Island       Award for
             Young People
                

Kowloon      Open Door       Yellow          Light
             Ministries                      Yellow
             Limited

New          Asbury           Green   White
Territories  Methodist
             Social Service      

     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 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 23, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01

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