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Following the planned transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, plans were drawn up in the 1990s for a new flag to replace the blue ensign. Following a public competition, a red flag with a bauhinia was chosen as the new flag of Hong Kong. This new flag gained formal legal status replacing the blue ensign at the handover on 1 July 1997. [9]
The flag of Hong Kong from 1871 to 1997 was a Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong on a white disk. In Hong Kong, it is known as the Hong Kong flag (香港旗), British Hong Kong flag (英屬香港旗) or the Dragon and Lion flag (龍獅旗). [25]
Unofficial Red ensign for Hong Kong used prior to the Handover to the PRC in 1997. According to FOTW , this ensign was used on merchant ships for a short time in the late 1980's. This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape .
English: Former flag of Hong Kong, used between 1959 and 1997. Aspect ratio modified for projects that require an aspect ratio of 5:3. ... Images from Flag of Hong ...
A Union Jack defaced with the then Colonial Badge of Hong Kong. 1959–1997: Flag flown on Government House, Hong Kong and the governor's official car during British rule: A Union Jack defaced with the then Coat of arms of Hong Kong. 1910–1931: Flag of the governor-general of the Union of South Africa
Flag Date Use Description 1 July 1997–present: Flag of Hong Kong: A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals. [1] The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana has also been frequently shortened as 紫荊/紫荆 (洋 yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although 紫荊/紫荆 refers to another ...
The 1997 handover agreement had promised Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of autonomy and remain unchanged for 50 years, a promise that pro-democracy activists say has been broken as Beijing ...
English: Former flag of Hong Kong, used between 1959 and 1997. Aspect ratio modified for projects that require an aspect ratio of 3:2. Español: Bandera de Hong Kong ...