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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (April 26), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (April 24).
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/
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. People may browse the Reference Guide on the department homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on April 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Centre for Restoration Green Green
Island of Human Relationships
Limited
Kowloon The Chinese Rhenish Purple Pink
Church Hong Kong Synod
New TREATS Red White
Territories
Ends/Thursday, April 24, 2008
Issued at HKT 09:42
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