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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (December 18) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Rotary Club of Hong Kong City North Community Service Fund Limited; in Kowloon, The Hong Kong Chinese Church of Christ; and in the New Territories, The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (December 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 (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
If fraudulent flag day activities are suspected, 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 December 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour Colour
Organisation of of
Collection Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Rotary Club of Yellow Gray
Island Hong Kong City North
Community Service
Fund Limited
Kowloon The Hong Kong Chinese Light Green
Church of Christ Green
New The Finnish Orange White
Territories Evangelical Lutheran
Mission
Ends/Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:01
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