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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (December 9), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (December 7).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
For enquiries, please call the department's hotline at 2343 2255, or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours.
Information on the flag days of the month is also available at the department's website http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Life's website http://www.esdlife.com
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 Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activities" for voluntary compliance of the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on SWD homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on December 9 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Heep Hong Yellow Grey
Island Society
Kowloon Hong Kong Green Blue
Sea Cadet
Corps
New New Territories Red Red
Territories Women and
Juveniles Welfare
Association Limited
Ends/Thursday, December 7, 2006
Issued at HKT 16:08
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