Regional flag-selling activities cancelled

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     The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has been informed by three flag day organisers that regional flag-selling activities in public places originally scheduled to be held today (February 27) have been cancelled, a spokesman for the SWD said.

     Three charities had been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Action Care International Limited; in Kowloon, The Hong Kong Association of Senior Citizens; and in the New Territories, Fung Kai Public School.

     For enquiries, please contact the organisations concerned. Contact information of the organisations is as follows:

Region	Name of organisation	Contact person	Contact number
Hong Kong Island	Action Care International Limited	Miss Chan	2886 0737
Kowloon	The Hong Kong Association of Senior Citizens	Mr Mak	2728 6278
New Territories	Fung Kai Public School	Miss Yim	2670 9353

Details of the charitable fund-raising activities 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, February 27, 2021
Issued at HKT 6:00

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