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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (January 5), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (January 3).
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 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 SWD homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on January 5 is as follows:
Colour of Colour
Name of collection of
Region organisation bag flag
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Hong Kong Barnabas Charitable Pink Blue
Island Service Association
Limited
Kowloon The Mongkok Kai-Fong Purple Yellow
Association Limited
New New Territories Orange White
Territories Association of
Societies
(Community Services)
Foundation Limited
Ends/Thursday, January 3, 2008
Issued at HKT 10:51
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