***********************************************
Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Fu Hong Society), in Kowloon (Kwun Tong Resident Association) and the New Territories (Fanling Assembly of God Church, Limited) respectively tomorrow (January 2), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (January 1).
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 (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 by the charitable organisations. People 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 tomorrow (January 2) is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Fu Hong Red White
Island Society
Kowloon Kwun Tong Orange Orange
Resident
Association
New Fanling Pink White
Territories Assembly of
God Church,
Limited
Ends/Friday, January 1, 2010
Issued at HKT 12:01
NNNN