List of Hong Kong flags explained
This is a list of flags used in Hong Kong.
Official flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1 July 1997–present | | 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 Chinese: 紫荊/紫荆 (Chinese: 洋 Chinese: yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although Chinese: 紫荊/紫荆 refers to another genus called Cercis. A statue of the plant has been erected in Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong. |
| 1997–present | Flag of Hong Kong (vertical) | | |
Police flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1997–present | | Police emblem on navy blue background. |
| 1967–1997 | Flag of the Royal Hong Kong Police |
| Ensign of the Royal Hong Kong Police | Blue ensign with the old police emblem. | |
Corrections Service Department flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1997–present | | The badge is centrally positioned on a Blue and Yellow vertical straps, whose overall proportions are 2:3 whilst the badge height is 3/4 the height and width of the flag. |
| Link to file< | -- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information --> | 1982–1997 | |
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Customs and Excise Department flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1997–present | | Badge on a green background |
| Link to file< | -- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information --> | ?-1997 | |
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Fire Services Department flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1997–present | | Badge on a red background |
| Link to file< | -- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information --> | 1988–1997 | |
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Immigration Department flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1997–present | | Badge on a navy blue background |
| Link to file< | -- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information --> | 1988–1997 | |
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Medical Service flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1997–present | | Badge on a navy blue background |
| Link to file< | -- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information --> | 1950–1997 | |
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Civil Aid Service flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 2003–present | | Badge on a navy blue background |
| 1997–2003 |
| Link to file< | -- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information --> | 1952–1997 | |
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Political flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 2020–present | The "Milk Tea Alliance" flag created by netizens. | The colours represent (from left) Thai milk tea, Hong Kong milk tea and Taiwanese milk tea.[2] |
| 2019–present | | Blue represents freedom and white represents peace. |
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| 2015–2020 | | |
| 1920s | Flag of the China Sailors' Union (Chinese: 中華海員工業聯合總會), the main organizer of the Canton-Hong Kong strike. | [3] [4] |
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Hong Kong protest flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 2019 | Hong Kong flag variant, with black background | |
| Hong Kong flag variant, with no stars to represent the PRC | |
| Variant with wilted petals | |
| More detailed variant of wilted petal version | |
| Free Hong Kong flag | |
| Lennon Wall flag | |
| Hong Kong protest banner, "" | |
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Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1990 | Flag of Hong Kong | |
| 1959–1997 | | A British Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997). |
| 1955–1959 | Flag of the British Crown colony of Hong Kong | A British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene. |
| 1941–1945 | Flag of Japan | Military occupation by the Empire of Japan. |
| 1876–1941
1945–1955 | Flag of the British Crown colony of Hong Kong | A British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene. |
| 1871–1876 | Flag of the British Crown colony of Hong Kong | A British Blue Ensign with a crowned "HK". |
| 1890–1898 | | The second variant (rectangular) of the Qing flag. New Territories was Qing territory before 1898. |
| 1862–1890 | | The first variant (triangular) of the Qing flag. New Territories was Qing territory before 1898. The Qing Empire had no official flags between 1636 and 1862. |
| 1843–1868 | Flag of United Kingdom | Union Jack flew during the initial possession of the colony in 1841 and seal found in the 1870 flag was used by the Government beginning in 1843. |
| 1514–1521 | | Portuguese navy occupied Tamão (present-day Tuen Mun, Lantau and Kwai Chung) in 1514. |
| 1985–1999 | | A stylized Bauhinia blakeana leaf outline in white, in the form of a diagonally-tilted capital "R", on a green background, representing the green of the leaves. |
| 1960s–1999 | | A stylized Bauhinia blakeana flower outline in white on a pink background, representing the colour of the flower. |
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Royal and Imperial Standards in Hong Kong
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1960–1997 | | A crowned letter 'E' in gold, surrounded by a garland of gold roses on a blue background. |
| 1941–1945 | | A gold 16 petal chrysanthemum centered on a red background |
| 1841–1941
1945–1997 | | A banner of the King's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom. |
| 1862–1898 | | Azure Dragon on a plain right triangle yellow field with the red sun of the three-legged crow in the upper left corner. | |
Governor of Hong Kong
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1910–1941
1945–1959 | | |
| 1959–1997 | Flag of the governor of Hong Kong | |
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Royal Hong Kong Regiment
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| ?–1995 | | |
| ?–1995 | Regimental Colour of the HKVDC. Used as stand in for the Hong Kong Defence Force | |
| ?–1995 | Camp flag of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) | |
| 1951–1995 | Regimental Guidon of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) | |
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Proposed flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1988 | Proposal 1 (1988) | |
| Proposal 2 | |
| Proposal 3 | |
| Proposal 4 | |
| Proposal 5 | |
| Proposal 6 | |
| Proposal 7 | |
| Proposal 8 | |
| Proposal 9 | |
| Proposal 10 | |
| Proposal 11 | |
| Proposal 12 | |
| Proposal 13 | |
| Proposal 14 | |
| Proposal 15 | |
| Proposal 16 | |
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Hong Kong shipping companies
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1883–1987 | | |
| 1865–1958 | | |
| 1873–1974 | | | |
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/chapter_1.html Hong Kong Basic Law
- News: 【我們信靠奶茶】「泰幽默」擊退「小粉紅」 泰港台三地網民籲組「奶茶聯盟」齊抗中國網軍 . 立場新聞 . 16 April 2020 . 13 September 2020 . 20 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200820135638/https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%88%91%E5%80%91%E4%BF%A1%E9%9D%A0%E5%A5%B6%E8%8C%B6-%E6%B3%B0%E5%B9%BD%E9%BB%98-%E6%93%8A%E9%80%80-%E5%B0%8F%E7%B2%89%E7%B4%85-%E6%B3%B0%E6%B8%AF%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%89%E5%9C%B0%E7%B6%B2%E6%B0%91%E7%B1%B2%E7%B5%84-%E5%A5%B6%E8%8C%B6%E8%81%AF%E7%9B%9F-%E9%BD%8A%E6%8A%97%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E7%B6%B2%E8%BB%8D/ .
- Web site: 这间百年老店，改写了中国工运史_腾讯新闻 .
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