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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (October 12). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Chai Wan Area Kai-Fong Welfare Association Limited; in Kowloon, Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women; and in the New Territories, Society for the Welfare of the Autistic Persons, 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 October 12 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Chai Wan Area White Red
Island Kai-Fong Welfare
Association
Limited
Kowloon Association Beige Purple
Concerning Sexual
Violence Against
Women
New Society for the Yellow White
Territories Welfare of the
Autistic Persons
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, October 12, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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