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Three charities will hold flag sales this Wednesday (December 28) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Christian Prison Pastoral Association Limited, in Kowloon, Asia Women's League Limited and in the New Territories, Committee on Youth Smoking Prevention Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 26).
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 December 28 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Christian Prison Purple Purple
Island Pastoral
Association Limited
Kowloon Asia Women's League Yellow Light
Limited Yellow
New Committee on Youth White Blue
Territories Smoking Prevention
Limited
Ends/Monday, December 26, 2011
Issued at HKT 12:00
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