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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Wednesday (December 27), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (December 25).
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 department 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 the department homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on December 27 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Touch the Red Light Green
Island Bugs Hotline
Kowloon Shamshuipo Yellow White
Kaifong
Welfare
Advancement
Association
New The Church of Blue Red
Territories United Brethren
in Christ, Hong
Kong Limited
Ends/Monday, December 25, 2006
Issued at HKT 10:00
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