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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Hope Worldwide, Limited), in Kowloon (The Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod) and the New Territories (Life Education Activity Programme) respectively on Saturday (July 18), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (July 16).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
For enquiries, please call SWD'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 SWD'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 SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on July 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong Hope Worldwide, Yellow Blue
Island Limited
Kowloon The Chinese Purple Pink
Rhenish Church
Hong Kong Synod
New Life Education Yellow Yellow
Territories Activity
Programme
Ends/Thursday, July 16, 2009
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