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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 31). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Suicide Prevention Services Limited; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Chinese Church of Christ; and in the New Territories, Asian Outreach Hong Kong 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 31 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Suicide Red Red
Island Prevention
Services Limited
Kowloon The Hong Kong Light Dark
Chinese Church Green Green
of Christ
New Asian Outreach Pink Red
Territories Hong Kong
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 31, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01
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