**************************************************
Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (July 21), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (July 19).
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 Social Welfare 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 Homepage http://www.esd.gov.hk.
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. People 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 Saturday is as follows:
Colour of Colour of
Region Name of Organisation Collection Bag Flag
Hong Kong The Welfare Fund Limited Blue White
Island Limited
Kowloon The Mental Health Green White
Association of Hong Kong
New Echo Valley Green Green
Territories Evangelistic Association
for the Handicaps Limited
Ends/Thursday, July 19, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:23
NNNN
