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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Open Door Ministries Limited), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Yan Kwong Bethel Church Limited) and the New Territories (Hong Kong Tin Shui Wai Women Association) respectively from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (March 27), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (March 24).
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 March 27 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong Open Door Ministries Yellow Light
Island Limited Green
Kowloon Hong Kong Yan Kwong Yellow White
Bethel Church Limited
New Hong Kong Tin Shui Yellow Yellow
Territories Wai Women Association
Ends/Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Issued at HKT 15:23
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