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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (May 26), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (May 24).
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 Social Welfare Department homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on May 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Bag Flag
Hong Kong The Spastics Yellow Yellow
Island Association of Hong Kong
Kowloon Hong Kong Red White
Adventure Corps Limited
New Hong Kong Orange Light Blue
Territories Outlying Islands Women's Association Limited
Ends/Thursday, May 24, 2007
Issued at HKT 14:01
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