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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (November 20) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Playright Children's Play Association; in Kowloon, Hope Worldwide, Limited; and in the New Territories, The Urban Peacemaker Evangelistic Fellowship Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (November 17).
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 November 20 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong Playright Orange Orange
Island Children's Play
Association
Kowloon Hope Worldwide, Yellow Blue
Limited
New The Urban Orange Orange
Territories Peacemaker
Evangelistic
Fellowship
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:01
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