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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 19). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Methodist Centre; in Kowloon, Apostolic Faith Church of Hong Kong Limited; and in the New Territories, OIWA 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 19 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Methodist Green Green
Island Centre
Kowloon Apostolic Orange Orange
Faith Church
of Hong Kong
Limited
New OIWA Limited Orange Pink
Territories
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, March 19, 2016
Issued at HKT 06:01
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