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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (January 12). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Operation Dawn Limited; in Kowloon, Kwun Tong Resident Association; and in the New Territories, Tuen Mun District Women's Association Limited, 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 January 12 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
Hong Kong Operation Dawn Yellow Red
Island Limited
Kowloon Kwun Tong Resident Orange Orange
Association
New Tuen Mun District Yellow White
Territories Women's Association
Limited
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 the 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, January 12, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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