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Three charities will hold flag sales today (August 18) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Methodist Centre, in Kowloon, CBN Hong Kong Limited, and in the New Territories, the Media Evangelism 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 August 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of?οΎ€ Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Hong Kong Methodist Centre Green Green
Island
Kowloon CBN Hong Kong White White
Limited
New The Media Blue Yellow
Territories Evangelism
Limited
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/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to a one-stop portal (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/today/) launched by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer.
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, August 18, 2012
Issued at HKT 06:01
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