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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 30). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Aberdeen Kai-Fong Welfare Association Limited; in Kowloon, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel-Hong Kong District Limited; and in the New Territories, Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on May 30 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Aberdeen Grey White
Island Kai-Fong
Welfare
Association
Limited
Kowloon International Purple Purple
Church of the
Foursquare
Gospel-Hong Kong
District Limited
New Yuen Long Town Yellow White
Territories Hall Management
Committee Limited
For enquiries, please call the SWD'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 SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police.
Ends/Saturday, May 30, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:01
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