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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (The Pentecostal Holiness Church Hong Kong Conference Gilead Social Service Centre), in Kowloon (Hong Kong Adventure Corps Limited) and the New Territories (Employees' Safety, Training & Rehabilitation Services Limited) from 7am to 12.30pm tomorrow (May 1), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (April 30).
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 May 1 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Pentecostal Purple Purple
Island Holiness Church
Hong Kong Conference
Gilead Social
Service Centre
Kowloon Hong Kong Red White
Adventure Corps
Limited
New Employees' Safety, Yellow Yellow
Territories Training &
Rehabilitation
Services Limited
Ends/Friday, April 30, 2010
Issued at HKT 12:01
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