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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 customs and police consider the flag to be a violation of the Regional Flag Act and a potential trademark violation. Some lawyers, including the barrister Albert Luk, argue that the flag does not meet the specifications of the Regional Flag Act and contravenes the People's Republic of China Flag Law. However, Luk was also of the ...
However, when Hong Kong hosted the 2009 East Asian games, three flags (the Hong Kong flag, the PRC flag, and the East Asian Games Association flag) were raised, with the Hong Kong flag on the left, the EAGA flag the same size on the right, and the PRC flag larger and higher than both flags in the centre, thus making the EAGA flag smaller than ...
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Date: Approved on 10 August 1996, used since 1 July 1997: Source: Own work by Mike Rohsopht based on File:GB16689-2004.pdf and Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance: Author ...
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]
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A flag of this type should not be added to any articles or pages unless it is officially proposed by a government agency, covered by the media, or sees notable local use. Description Flag of Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the Republic of China).svg