Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Flag Day (Chinese: 賣旗日) in Hong Kong is a day on which public fundraising of charities takes place. Organised public fundraising in Hong Kong must be government-approved. Historically, it had been held only on a Saturday. It is currently, however, organised on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Flag-selling (Chinese: 賣旗) hours are from 7:00 in the morning to 12:30 in the afternoon on a flag day.On a flag day, volunteers with some stock of "flags" and a bag to collect donation (money) stand on streets to raise funds from passers-by. In the past, actual small flags were handed out to people who gave money. Nowadays, people receive a little sticker, which typically bears the name and logo of the beneficiary, to place on their clothing after they donate money. Those stickers for particular use in a flag day are still called "flags", in both English and Cantonese."@en }
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- Flag_Day_(Hong_Kong) abstract "Flag Day (Chinese: 賣旗日) in Hong Kong is a day on which public fundraising of charities takes place. Organised public fundraising in Hong Kong must be government-approved. Historically, it had been held only on a Saturday. It is currently, however, organised on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Flag-selling (Chinese: 賣旗) hours are from 7:00 in the morning to 12:30 in the afternoon on a flag day.On a flag day, volunteers with some stock of "flags" and a bag to collect donation (money) stand on streets to raise funds from passers-by. In the past, actual small flags were handed out to people who gave money. Nowadays, people receive a little sticker, which typically bears the name and logo of the beneficiary, to place on their clothing after they donate money. Those stickers for particular use in a flag day are still called "flags", in both English and Cantonese.".