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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (September 14). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Heep Hong Society; in Kowloon, Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church Limited; and in the New Territories, Yan Oi Tong 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 September 14 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong Heep Hong Yellow Light
Island Society Grey
Kowloon Hong Kong and Yellow Pink
Macau Lutheran
Church Limited
New Yan Oi Tong Yellow White
Territories Limited
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, September 14, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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