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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 22). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Eternal Flame Action; in Kowloon, the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Evangelical Church Social Service Limited, 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 March 22 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Eternal Flame White Pink
Island Action
Kowloon The Society for Orange White
the Aid and
Rehabilitation
of Drug Abusers
New Hong Kong Green White
Territories Evangelical
Church Social
Service Limited
For enquiries, please call the 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 the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to 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, March 22, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01
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