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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (November 22). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Retina Hong Kong; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Road Safety Association; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Association for Specific Learning Disabilities, 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 November 22 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Retina Hong Kong Green White
Island
Kowloon The Hong Kong Blue Red
Road Safety
Association
New Hong Kong Green Green
Territories Association for
Specific Learning
Disabilities
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, November 22, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01
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