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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 17). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Methodist Church, Hong Kong Methodist Epworth Village Community Centre; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Single Parents Association; and in the New Territories, Tin Shui Wai Residents Services Association Fund Committee 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 May 17 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Methodist Green White
Island Church, Hong Kong
Methodist Epworth
Village Community
Centre
Kowloon Hong Kong Single Red Red
Parents
Association
New Tin Shui Wai Blue White
Territories Residents Services
Association Fund
Committee 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, May 17, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01
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