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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (October 31). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Road Safety Association; in Kowloon, the Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council; and in the New Territories, Neighbourhood & Worker's Education Centre 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 October 31 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Blue Red
Island Road Safety
Association
Kowloon The Neighbourhood Orange Yellow
Advice-Action
Council
New Neighbourhood & White White
Territories Worker's
Education Centre
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, October 31, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:00
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