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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (October 29) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, The Hong Kong Joint Council of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Adventure Corps Limited; and in the New Territories, Society for the Welfare of the Autistic Persons, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (October 26).
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 October 29 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Joint Yellow White
Island Council of Parents
of the Mentally
Handicapped
Kowloon Hong Kong Adventure Red White
Corps Limited
New Society for the Yellow White
Territories Welfare of the
Autistic Persons
Ends/Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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