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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (August 8). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Tin Shui Wai Women Association Limited; in Kowloon, CTU Education Foundation Limited; and in the New Territories, New Territories Association of Societies (Community Services) Foundation, 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 August 8 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour of
Organisation Collection Bag Flag
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Hong Kong Tin Shui Wai Yellow White
Island Women
Association
Limited
Kowloon CTU Education Light Green Light Green
Foundation
Limited
New New Territories Orange White
Territories Association of
Societies
(Community Services)
Foundation
For enquiries, please call the SWD'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 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 to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
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, August 8, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:00
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