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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 23). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Award for Young People; in Kowloon, Open Door Ministries Limited; and in the New Territories, Asbury Methodist Social Service, 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 March 23 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Orange Blue
Island Award for
Young People
Kowloon Open Door Yellow Light
Ministries Yellow
Limited
New Asbury Green White
Territories Methodist
Social Service
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 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, March 23, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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