Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (August 23). They are, on Hong Kong Island, The Urban Peacemaker Evangelistic Fellowship Limited; in Kowloon, Joint Committee for the Promotion of the Basic Law of Hong Kong; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong-Macao Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, 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 August 23 is as follows:
 

Region	Name of Organisation	Colour of Collection Bag	Colour of Flag
Hong Kong Island	The Urban Peacemaker Evangelistic Fellowship Limited	Orange	Beige
Kowloon	Joint Committee for the Promotion of the Basic Law of Hong Kong	Green	White
New Territories	Hong Kong-Macao Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists	Orange	Blue

     For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or the Charitable Fund-raising Control Team 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 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/Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Issued at HKT 6:00

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