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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (March 15), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (March 13).
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 http://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 of the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on the SWD 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:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Neuro- Green Green
Island Muscular Disease
Association
Kowloon Kwun Tong Green White
Methodist Social
Service
New Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Territories Association for
Cleft Lip &
Palate
Ends/Thursday, March 13, 2008
Issued at HKT 12:35
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