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Flag Days 

Flag Selling Hours

The flag selling hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the allocated flag days.  Flag selling on dates or at time other than that approved is not permitted.

Flag Days Application

The allocation of flag days is an annual exercise conducted by SWD upon the advice of the Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee (LFAC).  Invitation for application for flag days in the coming financial year will normally be advertised in newspapers and announced in SWD's website in April or May of each year and closed after a month.  Applicant organisations should meet the eligibility criteria.

In general, flag day applications are considered and endorsed by LFAC around September while applicant organisations will be informed around October of the results of  their applications.  Eligible applicant organisations will be invited to witness the lots-drawing, which determines their order of priority for selection of flag day.  Successful organisations will be invited to select their flag days around November according to their priority as determined by the lots-drawing.  Public Subscription Permit for holding a flag day will be issued to those successful organisations around December.

Public subscription permit for holding territory-wide / regional flag days in 2022-23 is issued on these conditions.
 
Public subscription permit for holding territory-wide / regional flag days in 2023-24 is issued on these conditions.
 

Sample of the Income and Expenditure Account for Approved Flag Days [for reference only

(The permittees should draw reference to this sample to report all the monies from public subscriptions and all sorts of expenses in relation to flag day covered by the Public Subscription Permit) 

Acrobat form (Acrobat Doc)       Word form (Ms Word Doc)             

Flag Day Organisers from April 2022 to March 2023

The list of Flag Day Organisers from April 2022 to March 2023 can be downloaded here.
 

Flag Day Organisers from April 2023 to March 2024
 
The list of Flag Day Organisers from April 2023 to March 2024 can be downloaded here.
 
 
Updated 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).
 

Public Subscription Permits (Flag days) for the period from January to
March 2023

Territory-wide Flag Day  Acrobat form  (Image version)                              Word Document  (text version)
Regional Flag Day          Acrobat form  (image version)                              Word Document  (text version)

 

Public Subscription Permits (Flag days) for the period from April to
June 2023

Territory-wide Flag Day  Acrobat form  (Image version)                              Word Document  (text version)
Regional Flag Day          Acrobat form  (image version)                              Word Document  (text version)


Designs of Flags and Money Collection Bags for Flag Days

April 2023 Acrobat form  (Image version)