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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (June 18). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Heep Hong Society; in Kowloon, 1st Step Association Limited; and in the New Territories, Tin Shui Wai Women Association 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 June 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Heep Hong Yellow Blue
Island Society
Kowloon 1st Step Orange Yellow
Association
Limited
New Tin Shui Wai Yellow White
Territories Women
Association
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, June 18, 2016
Issued at HKT 06:01
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