Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and in the New Territories separately from 7am to 12.30pm today (January 16). The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has been informed by two of the charities that the regional flag-selling activities scheduled to be held by them have been cancelled, a spokesman for the SWD said.

     Information on the regional flag-selling activity today is as follows:
 

Region	Name of organisation and contact information	Colour of collection bag	Colour of flag
New Territories	New Territories Association of Societies (Community Services) Foundation Contact Person: Ms Lui Contact Number: 2653 0188	Orange	White

     The contact information for the organisations that have cancelled their regional flag-selling activities is as follows:
 

Region	Name of organisation	Contact person	Contact number
Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong Federation of the Blind	Ms Lee	9652 4282
Kowloon	The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong	Mr Chan	2756 8267

     Details of the charitable fund-raising activities, including any updated information, covered by the issued Public Subscription Permits have been published on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search). Permits for flag days containing information on contact methods of the flag-selling organisations and 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_flagdays) for reference. For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678.

     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 spokesman added.

Ends/Saturday, January 16, 2021
Issued at HKT 6:00

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