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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (January 21) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Eternal Flame Action; in Kowloon, the Mongkok Kai-Fong Association Limited; and in the New Territories, Asian Outreach Hong Kong Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (January 18).
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 the 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 January 21 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Eternal Flame White Pink
Island Action
Kowloon The Mongkok Dark Light
Kai-Fong Purple Green
Association
Limited
New Asian Outreach Pink Red
Territories Hong Kong
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:01
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