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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (October 13). They are, on Hong Kong Island, End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation; in Kowloon, Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church Limited; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Employment Development Service Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on October 13 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong End Child Sexual Purple White
Island Abuse Foundation
Kowloon Hong Kong and Macau Yellow Pink
Lutheran Church
Limited
New Hong Kong Employment Orange Yellow
Territories Development Service
Limited
For enquiries, please call the department's hotline at 2343 2255, or the 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/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to a one-stop portal (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/today/) launched by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer.
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police.
Ends/Saturday, October 13, 2012
Issued at HKT 06:01
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