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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (October 17). They are, on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association; in Kowloon, Pentecostal Holiness Church Shaukiwan Assembly Limited Gilead Social Service Centre; and in the New Territories, Riding for the Disabled Association 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 October 17 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong The Hong Kong Yellow White
Island Tuberculosis,
Chest and
Heart Diseases
Association
Kowloon Pentecostal Purple Purple
Holiness Church
Shaukiwan
Assembly
Limited
Gilead Social
Service Centre
New Riding for
Territories the Disabled Green Green
Association
Limited
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 on the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of charitable fund-raising activities covered by Public Subscription Permits 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, October 17, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:00
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