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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (March 1), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (February 28).
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/
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 charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the reference guide on SWD homepage: www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on March 1 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisations collection of flags
bags
Hong Kong Pentecostal Holiness Purple Purple
Island Church Hong Kong
Conference Gilead
Social Service
Centre
Kowloon The Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Catholic Marriage
Advisory Council
New The Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Territories Society for
Rehabilitation
Ends/Thursday, February 28, 2008
Issued at HKT 12:36
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