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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (January 18). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Road Safety Association; in Kowloon, Kwun Tong Methodist Social Service; and in the New Territories, the Church of United Brethren in Christ, Social Service Division, 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 18 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of
Bag Flag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Road Blue Red
Island Safety Association
Kowloon Kwun Tong Methodist Green White
Social Service
New The Church of Blue White
Territories United Brethren
in Christ, Social
Service Division
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, January 18, 2014
Issued at HKT 06:01
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