Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 18). They are, on Hong Kong Island, The Methodist Church, Hong Kong Methodist Epworth Village Community Centre, Social Welfare; in Kowloon, The Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship Limited; and in the New Territories, New Territories Association of Societies (Community Services) Foundation, 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 May 18 is as follows:
 

Region	Name of Organisation	Colour of Collection Bag	Colour of Flag
Hong Kong Island	The Methodist Church, Hong Kong Methodist Epworth Village Community Centre, Social Welfare	Green	White
Kowloon	The Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship Limited	Yellow	White
New Territories	New Territories Association of Societies (Community Services) Foundation	Orange	White

     For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678. Information on flag days is available at the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew) and the GovHK portal (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search). Permits for flag days containing contact information of the flag-selling organisations and information on the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_recentlyap). For enquiries about the detailed flag-selling arrangements, please contact the individual flag-selling organisations.

     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).

     If any flag day activity is suspected to be fraudulent, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police, the spokesman added.

Ends/Saturday, May 18, 2019
Issued at HKT 6:00

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