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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (The Society for Community Organisation Limited), in Kowloon (Joyful (Mental Health) Foundation Limited) and the New Territories (Yan Oi Tong Limited) from 7am to 12.30pm this Wednesday (April 7), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (April 5).
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 the SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on April 7 is as follows:
Colour of
Name of collection Colour
Region organisation bag of flag
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Hong Kong The Society for Purple Yellow
Island Community
Organisation Limited
Kowloon Joyful (Mental Yellow Yellow
Health) Foundation
Limited
New Yan Oi Tong Limited Yellow White
Territories
Ends/Monday, April 5, 2010
Issued at HKT 12:01
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