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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (November 24). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Buddhist Society for the Blind Limited; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Rehabilitation Power; and in the New Territories, the Urban Peacemaker Evangelistic Fellowship 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 November 24 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Hong Kong Red Light
Island Buddhist Society Green
for the Blind
Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Blue Yellow
Rehabilitation
Power
New The Urban Orange Orange
Territories Peacemaker
Evangelistic
Fellowship
Limited
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/).
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, November 24, 2012
Issued at HKT 06:01
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