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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (April 18). They are, on Hong Kong Island, End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation; in Kowloon, Open Door Ministries Limited; and in the New Territories, Life Education Activity Programme, 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 April 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong End Child Purple White
Island Sexual Abuse
Foundation
Kowloon Open Door Orange Yellow
Ministries
Limited
New Life Education Yellow White
Territories Activity
Programme
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, April 18, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:00
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