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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation), in Kowloon (Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church Limited) and the New Territories (Hans Andersen Club Limited) respectively from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (October 23), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (October 20).
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's homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on October 23 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong End Child Purple White
Kong Sexual
Island Abuse
Foundation
Kowloon Hong Kong Yellow Pink
and Macau
Lutheran
Church
Limited
New Hans Andersen
Territories Club Limited Orange Orange
Ends/Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:03
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