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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 11). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Urban Peacemaker Evangelistic Fellowship Limited; in Kowloon, the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong; and in the New Territories, Life Education Activity Programme, 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 May 11 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Bag Flag
Hong Kong The Urban Orange Orange
Island Peacemaker
Evangelistic
Fellowship
Limited
Kowloon The Samaritan White White
Befrienders
Hong Kong
New Life Education Yellow White
Territories Activity
Programme
For enquiries, please call SWD'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 SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by Public Subscription Permit issued by 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/Saturday, May 11, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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