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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]
China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997. The colonial flags were replaced by the Chinese national flag and a new standard for Hong Kong that had been designed in the mid-1990s and which was later modified slightly.
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). [1]
The flag of Hong Kong was approved on April 4, 1990 by the National People's Congress, but was first raised only 7 years later, on July 1, 1997. The flag is a red cloth with a bauhinia (also known as the Hong Kong orchid) in the center, consisting of five petals, each complemented by a five-pointed star.
Nov 3, 2018 · Hong Kong’s current flag, a white bauhinia flower against a red backdrop, was first flown at the handover of the city from Britain to China in 1997, when British Hong Kong’s “dragon and lion”...
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In 1955-1959, the flag of the British colony of Hong Kong, which contained a blue ensign with a waterfront scene. The blue ensign (1959-1997) is among the most recognizable flags used in Hong Kong under colonial rule. It was the last colonial flag of Hong Kong, used from 1959 until Hong Kong regained power in 1997.
Sep 28, 2024 · 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). In 1959, following a grant from the College of Arms and with the consent of Queen Elizabeth ...
