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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (August 22). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Blind Union; in Kowloon, the Hong Kong Chinese Church of Christ; and in the New Territories, Asbury Methodist Social Service, 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 August 22 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
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Hong Kong Hong Kong Yellow Green
Island Blind Union
Kowloon The Hong Kong Green Green
Chinese Church
of Christ
New Asbury Green White
Territories Methodist
Social Service
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, August 22, 2015
Issued at HKT 06:01
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