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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 5). They are, on Hong Kong Island, The Hong Kong Liver Foundation; in Kowloon, The Welfare Fund Limited; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Evangelical Church Social Service 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 March 5 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Grey Pink
Island Liver
Foundation
Kowloon The Welfare Blue White
Fund Limited
New Hong Kong Green White
Territories Evangelical
Church
Social Service
Limited
For enquiries, please call 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 SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by Public Subscription Permit issued by SWD have also been uploaded on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
If any flag day activity is suspected to be fraudulent, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
Ends/Saturday, March 5, 2016
Issued at HKT 06:01
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