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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 16). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Retina Hong Kong; in Kowloon, Asia Women's League Limited; and in the New Territories, the Federation of New Territories Youth Foundation 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 16 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Retina Hong Kong Green White
Island
Kowloon Asia Women's Orange Beige
League Limited
New The Federation Orange White
Territories of New Territories
Youth Foundation
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 16, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:03
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