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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (January 17). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Blind Union; in Kowloon, Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong; and in the New Territories, Hong Chi Association, 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 17 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Yellow White
Island Blind Union
Kowloon Richmond White Light
Fellowship of Yellow
Hong Kong
New Hong Chi Green White
Territories Association
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 17, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:01
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