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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (April 28) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are: on Hong Kong Island, Wu Oi Christian Centre, in Kowloon, Tseung Kwan O Sion Church Limited, and in the New Territories, Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service - Hong Kong, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (April 25).
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 any fraudulent flag day activity is suspected, people should not make donations 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 April 28 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Wu Oi Christian Blue White
Island Centre
Kowloon Tseung Kwan O Red Red
Sion Church Limited
New Evangelical Lutheran Yellow Light
Territories Church Social Blue
Service - Hong Kong
Ends/Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Issued at HKT 12:01
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