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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Hong Kong Aged Concern Limited), in Kowloon (The Mongkok Kai-Fong Association Limited) and the New Territories (Hong Kong Women Development Association Limited) from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (September 18), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (September 15).
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 September 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Aged Yellow Beige
Island Concern Limited
Kowloon The Mongkok Kai-Fong Purple Light
Association Limited green
New Hong Kong Women Red Pink
Territories Development
Association Limited
Ends/Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:02
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