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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (February 26) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong; in Kowloon, Asian Outreach Hong Kong Limited; and in the New Territories, Asbury Methodist Social Service, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (February 23).
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 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 February 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Richmond
Island Fellowship White Light
of Hong Kong Yellow
Kowloon Asian Outreach Blue Blue
Hong Kong Limited
New Asbury Methodist Green White
Territories Social Service
Ends/Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Issued at HKT 16:35
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