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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (November 25), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (November 23).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
For enquiries, please call the department'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 department's website http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Life's website http://www.esdlife.com
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
The Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activities" for voluntary compliance of the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on SWD homepage
http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on November 25 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Bag Flag
Hong Hong Kong White White
Kong Arthritis
Island and
Rheumatism
Foundation
Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Pink Pink
Movie Star
Sports
Association
Charities
Limited
New Yellow Yellow
Territories Wai Ji
Christian
Service
Ends/Thursday, November 23, 2006
Issued at HKT 12:12
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