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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (March 26) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Suicide Prevention Services, in Kowloon, Open Door Ministries Limited, and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Employment Development Service Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (March 23).
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 March 26 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Suicide Prevention Red Red
Island Services
Kowloon Open Door Ministries Yellow Light
Limited Green
New Hong Kong Employment Orange Yellow
Territories Development Service
Limited
Ends/Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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