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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (November 21). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Playright Children's Play Association; in Kowloon, Children's Thalassaemia Foundation; and in the New Territories, Tseung Kwan O Sion Church 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 November 21 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Playright Orange White
Island Children's
Play
Association
Kowloon Children's Red White
Thalassaemia
Foundation
New Tseung Kwan O Red Red
Territories Sion Church
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, November 21, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:00
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