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Regional flag day today
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     Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 5). They are, on Hong Kong Island, The Hong Kong Liver Foundation; in Kowloon, The Welfare Fund Limited; 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 5 is as follows:

Region       Name of         Colour of    Colour
             Organisation    Collection   of Flag
                             Bag
------       ------------    -----------  -------
Hong Kong    The Hong Kong   Grey         Pink
Island       Liver
             Foundation
  
Kowloon      The Welfare     Blue         White        
             Fund Limited

New          Hong Kong       Green        White
Territories  Evangelical
             Church
             Social Service
             Limited

     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 Public Subscription Permit issued by SWD have also been uploaded on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).

     If any flag day activity is suspected to be fraudulent, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.

Ends/Saturday, March 5, 2016
Issued at HKT 06:01

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