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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island (The Methodist Church, Hong Kong Methodist Epworth Village Community Centre), in Kowloon (The Hong Kong Asthma Society Limited) and the New Territories (Life Education Activity Programme) from 7am to 12.30pm this Saturday (May 15), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (May 12).
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 (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. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on the SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on May 15 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
organisation collection of flag
bag
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Hong Kong The Methodist Green White
Island Church,Hong Kong
Methodist Epworth
Village Community
Centre
Kowloon The Hong Kong Purple White
Asthma Society
Limited
New Life Education Yellow White
Territories Activity Programme
Ends/Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Issued at HKT 16:53
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