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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (January 19), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (January 17).
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/
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 by the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the reference guide on the SWD homepage, www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on January 19 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Riding for Green Green
Island the Disabled
Association Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Yellow Blue
Federation of
¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@ the Blind
New Fanling Assembly Pink White
Territories of God Church,
Limited
Ends/Thursday, January 17, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:13
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