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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (June 21). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Hok Yau Club; in Kowloon, The Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship Limited; and in the New Territories, The Yuen Yuen Institute, 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 21 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Hok Yau Club Yellow White
Island
Kowloon The Industrial Yellow Yellow
Evangelistic
Fellowship
Limited
New The Yuen Yuen Green Green
Territories Institute
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).
If fraudulent flag day activities are suspected, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
Ends/Saturday, June 21, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01
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