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Regional flag day today
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     Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (January 4). They are: on Hong Kong Island, The Hong Kong Island Social Services Charitable Foundation Limited; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Alzheimer's Disease Association; and in the New Territories, The Yuen Yuen Institute, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.

     Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.  

     Information on the three flag-selling organisations on January 4 is as follows:

Region      Name of               Colour of   Colour
            Organisation          Collection  of
                                  Bag         Flag
---------   --------------------  ----------  ------
Hong Kong   The Hong Kong Island  White       Light
Island      Social Services                   Green
            Charitable
            Foundation Limited
Kowloon     Hong Kong Alzheimer's Yellow      White
            Disease Association
New         The Yuen Yuen         Light       Beige
Territories Institute             Green

     For enquiries, please call SWD'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 SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).

     Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by a Public Subscription Permit issued by SWD have also been uploaded on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).

     In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.

Ends/Saturday, January 4, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01

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