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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (August 6) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are: on Hong Kong Island, Echo Valley Evangelistic Association for the Handicaps Limited; in Kowloon, Doctor Pet Limited, and in the New Territories, North District Hospital Charitable Foundation, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (August 3).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
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/).
If suspected fraudulent flag day activity is suspected, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
The Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activities" for voluntary compliance by the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on the SWD homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on August 6 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Echo Valley Green Green
Island Evangelistic
Association for the
Handicaps Limited
Kowloon Doctor Pet Limited Light Blue White
New North District Purple Purple
Territories Hospital Charitable
Foundation
Ends/Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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