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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Wednesday (December 24), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 22).
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 SWD homepage (http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on Wednesday is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong The Methodist Green White
Island Epworth Village
Community Centre
Methodist Church,
Hong Kong
Kowloon CTU Education Light Light
Foundation Green Green
Limited
New Against Child Abuse Red Red
Territories Limited
Ends/Monday, December 22, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:31
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