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Three charities will hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories respectively on Saturday (April 14), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (April 12).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
For enquiries, please call the department'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 department's website http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/ and ESD Life's website http://www.esdlife.com.
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
The Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activities" for voluntary compliance of the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on SWD homepage http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on April 14 is as follows:
Colour of
Collection Colour
Region Name of Organisation Bag of Flag
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Hong Aberdeen Kai-Fong Grey Red
Kong Welfare Association
Island Limited
Kowloon Mission Ark Limited Dark Red Dark Red
New
Territories Society for the Yellow White
Welfare of the
Autistic Persons
Ends/Thursday, April 12, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:20
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