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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (December 4) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Heep Hong Society; in Kowloon, Windshield Charitable Foundation; and in the New Territories, Life Workshop, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 1).
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 monthly flag days 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 SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on December 4 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Heep Hong Yellow Grey
Island Society
Kowloon Windshield Yellow White
Charitable
Foundation
New Life Workshop Light Blue Yellow
Territories
Ends/Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:02
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