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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (December 23), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (December 21).
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 headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours.
Information on the flag days of the month is also available at the department's website http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Life's website http://www.esdlife.com.
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 of the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on the Social Welfare Department homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on December 23 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Methodist Green Green
Island Centre
Kowloon The Finnish Orange White
Evangelical
Lutheran Mission
New The Hong Kong Blue Blue
Territories Road Safety
Association
Ends/Thursday, December 21, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:40
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