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Fifty-two organisations had been granted permission to raise funds during October, the Social Welfare Department (SWD) spokesman said today (September 28).
The organisations will sell flags, tokens or similar items, or place donation boxes in designated public places.
With the endorsement of the Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee, flag sale can be conducted from 7 am to 12.30 pm on the allocated flag days starting from September 2005.
Special arrangements apply on October 8 and October 22, where three organisations will conduct sales of flags on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively.
Any organisation planning to hold activities involving collection of money or sale or exchange for donations of badges, tokens or similar articles in a public place for charitable purposes should apply for a public subscription permit from the SWD.
Activities covered by public subscription permits are listed on the department's website http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and on the ESD Life website http://www.esdlife.com.
People are welcome to call the department's hotline at 2343 2255 or department headquarters at 2832 4311 for enquiries.
The spokesman urged people to visit these websites or to call the hotline if there was any doubt regarding the fund-raising activities and he appealed to organisers to take precautions against any possible fraud.
"Fund-raising volunteers should display the permit, or in the case of mobile fund-raising, carry copies of the permit for inspection upon request," he said.
The spokesman also advised organisations to prepare guidelines for volunteers, setting out the places and the schedule for fund-raising and the collection points for bags.
"Organisers should inform the Police in the case of loss of property, and seek their help when fraudulent acts, such as tampering with collection bags or unauthorised selling, are found," he said.
Permits were given to the following organisations for fund raising in October :
Flag Day
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Event Date Organisation
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October 8 #(HKI) Hong Kong Aged Concern Ltd
October 8 #(KLN) The Hong Kong Association of
Senior Citizens
October 8 #(NT) The Hong Kong Award for Young People
October 15 Senior Citizen Home
Safety Association
October 22 #(HKI) The Society for the Promotion
of Hospice Care Ltd
October 22 #(KLN) Mongkok Kai-fong Association Ltd
October 22 #(NT) Fung Ying Seen Koon
October 29 Hong Kong Student Aid Society
# Regional flag day
Public Subscription
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Event Date Organisation
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October 1-2 Yan Oi Tong Limited
October 1-2 Caring Centre Foundation Limited
October 1-2, Hong Kong Red Cross
8-9,11,13,15-16,
22-23,25,27 & 29-30
October 1-2,8-9, Hong Kong Community Development
15-16,22-23 & 29-30 Network
October 1-5 Enjoymentelderly Charitable Limited
October 1-9 Po Leung Kuk
October 1-28 United Christian Medical Service
October 1-31 Prince of Wales Hospital
October 1-31 North District Hospital
October 1-31 Shatin Hospital - Hospital Authority
October 1-31 Hong Kong Cheshire Home Foundation
October 1-31 The Princess Margaret Hospital
Charitable Trust
October 1-31 Caritas Medical Centre
October 1-31 Bradbury Hospice
October 1-31 Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital
October 1-31 Yan Chai Hospital
October 1-31 Wong Chuk Hang Hospital -
Hospital Authority
October 1-31 Haven of Hope Hospital
October 1-31 Castle Peak Hospital
October 1-31 Grantham Hospital -
Hospital Authority
October 1-31 The Lok Sin Tong
Benevolent Society, Kowloon
October 1-31 The University of Hong Kong
October 1-31 Alice Ho Miu Ling
Nethersole Hospital
October 1-31 United Christian Hospital
October 1-31 Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals
October 1-31 Queen Elizabeth Hospital
October 1-31 Airport Authority
October 1-31 Kadoorie Farm and Botanic
Garden Corporation
October 1-31 Tuen Mun Hospital
October 1-31 Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital
October 1-31 Make-A-Wish Foundation of
Hong Kong Limited
October 1-31 Pok Oi Hospital
October 1-31 Hospital Authority
Charitable Foundation
October 1-31 MacLehose Medical
Rehabilitation Centre
October 2 Hong Kong Rehabilitation Power
October 2,9,16, Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong
23 & 30
October 3-5& The Association of Chinese
24-26 Evangelical Ministry Limited
October 3-31 Rehabaid Society
(Mon-Fri)
October 9 The Hong Kong Cancer Fund,
Friends of the EORTC Foundation
October 9 Universal Hiking Hope (UHH)
Association Limited
October 13, Vajradhara Buddhist Meditation
16,20,23, Centre Limited
27 & 30
October 16-22 Friends of Mount Davis
Association Limited
October 17-18 Hong Kong Campus Crusade
for Christ Limited
October 28-30 The Hong Kong Ballet Limited
Ends/Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Issued at HKT 15:01
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