Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and in the New Territories separately from 7am to 12.30pm today (September 26). The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has been informed by one of the charities that the regional flag-selling activities scheduled to be held by it have been cancelled, a spokesman for the SWD said.
Information on the regional flag-selling activities today is as follows:
Region | Name of organisation and contact information | Colour of collection bag | Colour of flag |
Kowloon | Suicide Prevention Services Limited Contact person: Miss Cheung Contact number: 2382 2007 |
Red | White |
New Territories | Pok Oi Hospital Contact person: Miss Chan Contact number: 2479 0121 |
Red | White |
The contact information for the organisation that has cancelled regional flag-selling activities is as follows:
Region | Name of organisation | Contact person | Contact number |
Hong Kong Island | Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hong Kong Limited | Ms Yin | 3101 9688 |
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities, including any updated information, covered by the issued Public Subscription Permits have been published on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search). Permits for flag days containing information on contact methods of the flag-selling organisations and the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_flagdays) for reference. For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678.
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 spokesman added.
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