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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (December 22), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (December 20).
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 on the department's website http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Homepage http://www.esd.gov.hk
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to police.
The Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activities" for voluntary compliance of the charitable organisations. People may browse the Reference Guide on the department's homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on December 22 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Retina Hong Kong Green White
Island
Kowloon The Hong Kong Yellow Yellow
Society for
the Deaf
New The Hong Kong Award Orange Green
Territories for Young People
Ends/Thursday, December 20, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:22
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