Regional flag-selling activities today - Government World Magazine

Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (July 27). The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has been informed by one of the charities that the regional flag-selling activity scheduled to be held by it has been cancelled, a spokesman for the SWD said.

Information on the regional flag-selling activities today is as follows:

Region	Name of organisation	Colour of collection bag	Colour of flag
Kowloon	Christian Action	Green	Tiffany blue
New Territories	HK Saving Cat and Dog Association Limited	Blue	Red

The contact information for the organisation that has cancelled its regional flag-selling activity is as follows:

Region	Name of organisation	Contact person	Contact number
Hong Kong Island	The Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Limited	Mr Chan	2560 8572

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.