Regional flag day today
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     Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (November 22). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Retina Hong Kong; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Road Safety Association; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Association for Specific Learning Disabilities, 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 November 22 is as follows:

Region       Name of            Colour of    Colour
             Organisation       Collection   of Flag
                                Bag   
------       ------------       ----------   -------
Hong Kong    Retina Hong Kong    Green        White
Island

Kowloon      The Hong Kong       Blue          Red
             Road Safety             
             Association      

New          Hong Kong           Green        Green
Territories  Association for
             Specific Learning
             Disabilities

     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, November 22, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01

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