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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (January 17), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (January 15).
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 (http://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 the charitable organisations. People may browse the Reference Guide on SWD homepage (http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on Saturday is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
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Hong Kong Riding for the Green Green
Island Disabled Association
Limited
Kowloon Chinese Evangelical Orange Light
Zion Church Limited Blue
New Fanling Assembly of Pink White
Territories God Church, Limited
Ends/Thursday, January 15, 2009
Issued at HKT 15:25
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