Flag Days
Introduction
There are two types of flag days, namely Territory-wide Flag Days (TWFDs) and Regional Flag Days (RFDs). One organisation is permitted to conduct territory-wide flag sale for TWFDs, while three organisations are permitted to conduct regional flag sale, each in Hong Kong Island region, Kowloon region or the New Territories region, on the same RFD. Flag selling is normally conducted in the mornings on Saturdays or some Wednesdays of the school holidays. There are usually about 56 to 58 Flag Days every year, depending the number of suitable non-public holiday Saturdays and Wednesdays falling on school holidays available.
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 the time other than that approved is not permitted.
Allocation of Flag Days
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 announced in SWD's website in April or May each year and closed after a month.
In general, flag day applications are considered by LFAC around September while applicant organisations will be informed around September to October of the results of their applications. Eligible applicant organisations will be invited to attend the lots-drawing programme, which determines their order of priority for selection of flag day. Subsequently, they will be invited to select their flag days around November according to their priority as determined by the lots-drawing. Public Subscription Permit will be issued to successful organisations around December for holding a flag day.
| Events | Period / Date |
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| Application Period | April to May |
| Announcement of Application Results | September to October |
| Lots-drawing | October |
| Selection Day | November |
| Issuance of Public Subscription Permit | December |
| Item / Name | Download File |
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| Eligibility Criteria | |
| Conditions of Public Subscription Permit for Holding Territory-wide Flag Days in 2024-25 (Bilingual) | |
| Sample of the Income and Expenditure Account for Approved Flag Days [for reference only] | PDF / Word |
Flag Day Organisers
| Item / Name | Download File |
|---|---|
| The list of Flag Day Organisers from April to June 2024 (update on a quarterly basis) | |
| Public Subscription Permits (Flag days) for the period from April to June 2024 (update on a quarterly basis) | |
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| Designs of Flags and Money Collection Bags for Flag Days (update on a monthly basis) | |
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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/en/theme/fundraising).