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 (April 17). The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has been informed by one of the charities that the regional flag-selling activity scheduled to be held by it today has been cancelled, a spokesman for the SWD said.
 
     Information on the regional flag-selling activities today is as follows:
 

Region	Name of organisation and contact information	Colour of collection bag	Colour of flag
Hong Kong Island	Concern For Grassroots' Livelihood Alliance Limited	White	Blue
Kowloon	Open Door Ministries Limited	Orange	White

 
     The contact information for the organisation that has cancelled its regional flag-selling activity today is as follows:
 

Region	Name of organisation	Contact person	Contact number
New Territories	The Hong Kong Chinese Church of Christ	Mr Cheung	2242 0771

 
     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, April 17, 2021
Issued at HKT 6:00

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