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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (July 18). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf; in Kowloon, Green Sense HK Limited; and in the New Territories, Tai Po Baptist Church, 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 July 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Island Society for
the Deaf
Kowloon Green Sense Green Blue
HK Limited
New Tai Po Baptist Purple Pink
Territories Church
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, July 18, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:00
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