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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps), in Kowloon (Regeneration Society Limited) and the New Territories (The Parents' Association of Pre-School Handicapped Children) from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (June 16), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (June 13).
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 SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on June 16 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Hong Kong Air Blue Blue
Island Cadet Corps
Kowloon Regeneration Blue Yellow
Society Limited
New The Parents' Red White
Territories Association of
Pre-School
Handicapped
Children
Ends/Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Issued at HKT 18:01
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