Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (April 13). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Centre for Restoration of Human Relationships Limited; in Kowloon, Chinese Evangelical Zion Church Limited; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Employment Development Service 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 April 13 is as follows:
RegionName ofColour ofColour
OrganisationCollectionof Flag
Bag
Hong KongCentre forGreenGreen
IslandRestoration of Human
Relationships Limited
KowloonChinese EvangelicalYellowBlue
Zion Church Limited
NewHong Kong EmploymentOrangeYellow
TerritoriesDevelopment Service
Limited
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/).
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.
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 April 13 is as follows:
RegionName ofColour ofColour
OrganisationCollectionof Flag
Bag
Hong KongCentre forGreenGreen
IslandRestoration of Human
Relationships Limited
KowloonChinese EvangelicalYellowBlue
Zion Church Limited
NewHong Kong EmploymentOrangeYellow
TerritoriesDevelopment Service
Limited
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/).
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.