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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (January 8) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are: on Hong Kong Island, the Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship Limited; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Single Parents Association, and in the New Territories, Hong Chi Association, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (January 5).
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 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 January 8 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Industrial Yellow Yellow
Island Evangelistic
Fellowship Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Single Red Red
Parents Association
New Hong Chi Association Green White
Territories
Ends/Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:02
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