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The Regional Emblem of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China came into use on 1 July 1997, after the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
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). [1] In 1959, following a grant from the College of Arms and with the consent of Queen Elizabeth II , it was adopted as the flag of British Hong Kong . [ 2 ]
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] In 1959, following a grant from the College of Arms and with the consent of Queen Elizabeth II, it was adopted as the flag of British Hong Kong. [26]
Flag flown on Government House, Hong Kong and the governor's official car during British rule: 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
They smashed glass windows, sprayed rude graffiti and defaced Hong Kong's official emblem with black paint. On a day supposed to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the ...
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 ...
Hong Kong had been a British colony since 1841, when it was occupied by British forces during the first Opium War. China’s Qing Dynasty signed it over to the British the following year in the ...
(23:59:00-23:59:47 Hong Kong Time/16:59:00-16:59:47 London Time) – Exactly one minute before midnight the Flag of the United Kingdom and the flag of British Hong Kong were slowly lowered to the British national anthem "God Save the Queen", symbolising the end of British colonial rule in Hong Kong as very final and last time. A hiatus of ...