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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (May 2). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Federation of the Blind; in Kowloon, Chinese Evangelical Zion Church Limited; and in the New Territories, the Society for the Welfare of 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 May 2 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Yellow Dark Blue
Island Federation of
the Blind
Kowloon Chinese Yellow Blue
Evangelical
Zion Church
Limited
New Society for Yellow White
Territories the Welfare
of Autistic
Persons
For enquiries, please call 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 SWD's website　(www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of charitable fund-raising activities covered by Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded on 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, May 2, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:00
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