Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 18). They are, on Hong Kong Island, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - Hong Kong District Limited; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Single Parents Association; and in the New Territories, South Kwai Chung Social Service, 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 March 18 is as follows:
 

Region	Name of Organisation	Colour of Collection Bag	Colour of Flag
Hong Kong Island	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - Hong Kong District Limited	Purple	Purple
Kowloon	Hong Kong Single Parents Association	Red	Light Blue
New Territories	South Kwai Chung Social Service	Orange	White

      For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or the Charitable Fund-raising Control Team 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, March 18, 2017
Issued at HKT 6:00

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