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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (June 22). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation; in Kowloon, the Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship Limited; and in the New Territories, Neighbourhood & Worker's Education Centre 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 June 22 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Society Yellow Yellow
Island for Rehabilitation
Kowloon The Industrial Yellow Yellow
Evangelistic
Fellowship Limited
New Neighbourhood & White White
Territories Worker's Education
Centre
Limited
For enquiries, please call the 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 the SWD'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 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, June 22, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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