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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (February 12) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are: on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Southern District Women's Association Limited; in Kowloon, Asia Women's League Limited, and in the New Territories, The Girls' Brigade Hong Kong, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (February 9).
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 activity is 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 SWD's homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on February 12 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Island Southern District
Women's Association
Limited
Kowloon Asia Women's Orange Beige
League Limited
New The Girls' Brigade Purple Purple
Territories Hong Kong
Ends/Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:02
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