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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (February 4) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Methodist Centre; in Kowloon, Operation Dawn Limited; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Evangelical Church Social Service Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (February 1).
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 February 4 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Methodist Centre Green Green
Island
Kowloon Operation Dawn Yellow Red
Limited
New Hong Kong Dark White
Territories Evangelical Green
Church Social
Service Limited
Ends/Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:10
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