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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (September 24) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care; in Kowloon, Yan Kwong Social Service Limited; and in the New Territories, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (September 21).
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/).
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, 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 September 24 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong The Society for Yellow White
Island the Promotion of
Hospice Care
Kowloon Yan Kwong Social Green White
Service Limited
New The Finnish Orange White
Territories Evangelical
Lutheran Mission
Ends/Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:01
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