Regional flag-selling activities today

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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 (May 21). 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 activities today is as follows:

Region	Name of organisation	Colour of collection bag	Colour of flag
New Territories	Cheung Chau Island Women's Association Limited	Dark magenta	Dark magenta

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	The Hong Kong Road Safety Association	Mr Han	2577 9682
Kowloon	Operation Dawn Limited	Ms Chan	2714 2434

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.

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 21, 2022
Issued at HKT 6:00

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