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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively this Saturday (April 12), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (April 10).
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 of the 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 April 12 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Regeneration Blue Green
Island Society Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Yan Yellow White
Kwong Bethel
Church Limited
New The Yuen Yuen Green Light
Territories Institute Yellow
Ends/Thursday, April 10, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:56
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