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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively tomorrow (February 3), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (February 2).
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 Social Welfare Department 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 ˇ°Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activitiesˇ± for voluntary compliance of the charitable organisations. People 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 February 3 is as follows:
Region Name Colour Colour
of of of
Organisation Collection Bag Flag
Hong Christian Prison
Kong Pastoral Association Purple White
Island Limited
Kowloon Zion Social Orange Orange
Service Limited
New The Hong Kong
Territories Award for Young Orange White
People
Ends/Friday, February 2, 2007
Issued at HKT 13:05
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