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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (December 8), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (December 6).
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, www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Homepage, www.esd.gov.hk.
If fraudulent flag day activities are suspected, 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 by the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the reference guide on SWD homepage, www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on December 8 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Chai Wan Area White Red
Island Kai-Fong Welfare
Association
Limited
Kowloon The Chinese Purple Pink
Rhenish Church
Hong Kong Synod
New Yan Oi Tong Yellow White
Territories Limited
Ends/Thursday, December 6, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:36
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