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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 7). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Joint Council of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped; in Kowloon, Apostolic Faith Church of Hong Kong Limited; and in the New Territories, Fung Kai Public School, 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 March 7 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Joint Yellow White
Island Council of Parents
of the Mentally
Handicapped
Kowloon Apostolic Faith Orange Orange
Church of Hong
Kong Limited
New Fung Kai Public Yellow White
Territories School
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, March 7, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:01
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