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Three charities will hold flag sales this Saturday (January 22) from 7am to 12.30pm. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Blind Union; in Kowloon, the Church of United Brethren in Christ, Social Service Division; and in the New Territories, the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - Hong Kong District Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (January 19).
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 (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
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 by the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on SWD's homepage (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on January 22 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Blind Yellow White
Island Union
Kowloon The Church of Blue Red
United Brethren
in Christ, Social
Service Division
New International Purple Purple
Territories Church of the
Foursquare Gospel
- Hong Kong
District Limited
Ends/Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:02
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