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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (April 10). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Limited; in Kowloon, CTU Education Foundation Limited; and in the New Territories, Pok Oi Hospital, 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 April 10 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong AIDS Yellow Orange
Island Foundation Limited
Kowloon CTU Education Green Green
Foundation
Limited
New Pok Oi Hospital Red White
Territories
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 on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
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, April 10, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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