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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Wednesday (December 26), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (December 24).
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 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/ and ESD homepage, www.esd.gov.hk
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 SWD homepage, www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on December 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Methodist Centre Green Green
Island
Kowloon Shamshuipo Kaifong Yellow White
Welfare Advancement
Association
New Hong Kong Employment Orange Orange
Territories Development Service
Limited
Ends/Monday, December 24, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:18
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