Tag: Regional

Regional flag-selling activities today **************************************      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 ... Read more

Regional flag day today ***********************      Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (June 4). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association Limited; in Kowloon, Apostolic Faith Church of Hong Kong Limited; and in the New Territories, Society for Abandoned Animals 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 June 4 is as follows:   Region ... Read more

AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre officially opens (with photos/video) ********************************************************************************      The AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre, under the auspices of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) and with major support from the Central People’s Government (CPG), was officially opened today (May 25) at the Shanghai Commercial Bank Tower in Central. The Centre forms part of the Hong Kong Legal Hub.      At the opening ceremony, the Secretary for Justice, Ms Teresa Cheng, SC, said she hoped that the Centre will, together with the existing AALCO arbitration centres in Malaysia, Egypt, Nigeria, Iran and Kenya, ... Read more

Regional flag-selling activities cancelled ******************************************      The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has been informed by three flag day organisers that regional flag-selling activities in public places originally scheduled to be held today (January 22) have been cancelled, a spokesman for the SWD said.        Three charities had been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today. They are, on Hong Kong Island, Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association Limited; in Kowloon, Rotary Club of Hong Kong City North Community Service Fund Limited; and in the New Territories, Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong.   ... Read more

Regional flag-selling activities today **************************************      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 (January 8). 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 ... Read more