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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Wednesday (March 26), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (March 24).
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 ˇ§Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activitiesˇ¨ for voluntary compliance by 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 March 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Saint Barnabasˇ¦ Red White
Island Society and Home
Kowloon Joyful(Mental Health) Yellow Yellow
Foundation Limited
New Hans Andersen Green Orange
Territories Club Limited
Ends/Monday, March 24, 2008
Issued at HKT 10:01
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