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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Taishan Charitable Association Limited), in Kowloon (Children's Thalassaemia Foundation) and the New Territories (Children Education Fund Limited) respectively from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (July 31), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (July 28).
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/).
If any fraudulent flag day activities are suspected, 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 July 31 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong Taishan Charitable White Pink
Island Association Limited
Kowloon Children's Red White
Thalassaemia
Foundation
New Children Education Yellow White
Territories Fund Limited
Ends/Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Issued at HKT 15:02
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