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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Methodist Centre), in Kowloon (TREATS) and the New Territories (Shatin Women's Association Limited) this Saturday (December 5), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 3).
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 "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 December 5 is as follows:
Name of Colour of Colour
Region Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Methodist Green Green
Island Centre
Kowloon TREATS Deep Pink White
New Shatin Women's Green Green
Territories Association
Limited
Ends/Thursday, December 3, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:40
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