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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (November 8), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (November 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 on the department's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
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 the SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on November 8 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong The Royal White Red
Island British Legion
(Hong Kong &
China Branch)
Kowloon The Industrial Yellow Yellow
Evangelistic
Fellowship Limited
New The Parents' Red White
Territories Association of
Pre-School
Handicapped Children
Ends/Thursday, November 6, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:21
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