Three groups to sell flags for charity on Saturday
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     Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (January 17), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (January 15).

     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/).

     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 by 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 Saturday is as follows:

Region       Name of              Colour of   Colour
             Organisation         Collection  of
                                  Bag         Flag        
-------      ------------         ----------  ------

Hong Kong    Riding for the       Green       Green
Island       Disabled Association
             Limited

Kowloon      Chinese Evangelical  Orange      Light
             Zion Church Limited              Blue

New          Fanling Assembly of  Pink        White
Territories  God Church, Limited

Ends/Thursday, January 15, 2009
Issued at HKT 15:25

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