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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 8). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Award for Young People; in Kowloon, Asia Women's League Limited; and in the New Territories, the Girls' Brigade Hong Kong, 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 8 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Green Blue
Island Award for
Young People
Kowloon Asia Women's Orange Beige
League Limited
New The Girls' Brigade Purple Light
Territories Hong Kong Purple
For enquiries, please call the SWD hotline on 2343 2255 or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours. Information on the flag days of the month is also available at SWD'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 on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
In 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 8, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01
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