Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council Holds Territory-Wide Flag Sale Today for Charity

Territory-wide flag day today

The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council has been issued a Public Subscription Permit to hold a territory-wide flag sale from 7am to 12.30pm today (October 5), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.

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/ngo/controlofc/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.

Telling good stories through stamps

To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hongkong Post has revamped the exhibits in its new Postal Gallery in Kowloon Bay, displaying more than 40 sets of special stamps to tell the story of the development of the country and Hong Kong.

News.gov.hk spoke with a representative from Hongkong Post to learn about the main features of the gallery and its rich treasure trove of postal artefacts.

The story is available atwww.news.gov.hk/eng/featuretoday (October 6) in text and video format.