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Three groups to sell flags for charity this Saturday
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     Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (December 18) from 7am to 12.30pm.  They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Rotary Club of Hong Kong City North Community Service Fund Limited; in Kowloon, The Hong Kong Chinese Church of Christ; and in the New Territories, The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 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 (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).

     If fraudulent flag day activities are suspected, 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.  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 18 is as follows:

Region       Name of                Colour     Colour
             Organisation           of         of
                                    Collection Flag
                                    Bag

Hong Kong    Rotary Club of         Yellow     Gray
Island       Hong Kong City North
             Community Service
             Fund Limited

Kowloon      The Hong Kong Chinese  Light      Green
             Church of Christ       Green

New          The Finnish            Orange     White
Territories  Evangelical Lutheran
             Mission

Ends/Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:01

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