Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (October 22). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Hope Worldwide; in Kowloon, the Society for Community Organization Limited; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Women Development Association 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 October 22 is as follows:
 

Region	Name of organisation	Colour of collection bag	Colour of flag
Hong Kong Island	Hope Worldwide	Yellow	Red
Kowloon	The Society for Community Organization Limited	Purple	Yellow
New Territories	Hong Kong Women Development Association Limited	Red	Pink

 
     For enquiries, please call the SWD hotline on 2343 2255 or SWD headquarters on 2832 4311 during office hours. Information on the flag days of the month is also available on the SWD website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).

     Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by a Public Subscription Permit issued by 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, October 22, 2016
Issued at HKT 6:00

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