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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (April 9). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Pok Oi Hospital; in Kowloon, the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong; and in the New Territories, Life Education Activity Programme, 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 April 9 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Pok Oi Hospital Red Beige
Island
Kowloon The Samaritan White White
Befrienders
Hong Kong
New Life Education Yellow Light
Territories Activity Blue
Programme
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, April 9, 2016
Issued at HKT 06:01
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