This is a list of flags used in Hong Kong.

Official flag

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 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
1997–present Flag of the Hong Kong Police Force 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
1997–present Flag of the Hong Kong Correctional Services 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 1982–1997

Customs and Excise Department flags

Flag Date Use Description
1997–present Flag of the Customs and Excise Department Badge on a green background
Link to file ?-1997

Fire Services Department flags

Flag Date Use Description
1997–present Flag of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department Badge on a red background
Link to file 1988–1997

Immigration Department flags

Flag Date Use Description
1997–present Flag of the Immigration Department Badge on a navy blue background
Link to file 1988–1997

Medical Service flags

Flag Date Use Description
1997–present Flag of the Auxiliary Medical Service Badge on a navy blue background
Link to file 1950–1997

Civil Aid Service flags

Flag Date Use Description
2003–present Flag of the Civil Aid Service Badge on a navy blue background
1997–2003
Link to file 1952–1997

Vexillology Association flags

Flag Date Use Description
2018–present Flag of the Hong Kong Vexillology Association

Political flags

Flag Date Use Description
current
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 Hong Kong provisional government and independence flag [zh] Blue represents freedom and white represents peace.
former
2015–2020 Flag of the Hong Kong National Front
1920s Flag of the China Sailors' Union (中華海員工業聯合總會), the main organizer of the Canton-Hong Kong strike. [3] [4]

Hong Kong protest flags

Flag Date Use Description
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, "Chinazi [zh]"

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1990 Flag of Hong Kong
1959–1997 Flag of the British Crown colony and later British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong 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 Flag of the Qing dynasty The second variant (rectangular) of the Qing flag. New Territories was Qing territory before 1898.
1862–1890 Flag of the Qing dynasty 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 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal Portuguese navy occupied Tamão (present-day Tuen Mun, Lantau and Kwai Chung) in 1514.
1985–1999 Flag of the Regional Council (Hong Kong) 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 Flag of the Urban Council (Hong Kong) A stylized Bauhinia blakeana flower outline in white on a pink background, representing the colour of the flower.

Royal and Imperial Standards in Hong Kong

Flag Date Use Description
1960–1997 Personal Flag of Elizabeth II, used by the Queen in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth A crowned letter 'E' in gold, surrounded by a garland of gold roses on a blue background.
1941–1945 Imperial standard of the emperor of Japan A gold 16 petal chrysanthemum centered on a red background
1841–1941
1945–1997		 The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom A banner of the King's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.
1862–1898 Standard of the Qing Emperor 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
1910–1941
1945–1959		 Flag of the governor of Hong Kong
1959–1997 Flag of the governor of Hong Kong

Royal Hong Kong Regiment

Flag Date Use Description
?–1995 King's Colour of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC). Used as stand in for the Hong Kong Defence Force
?–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)

Proposed flags

Flag Date Use Description
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

Hong Kong shipping companies

Flag Date Use Description
1883–1987 Douglas Steamship Company
1865–1958 Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company
1873–1974 Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Ltd.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hong Kong Basic Law
  2. ^ "【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. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ "这间百年老店，改写了中国工运史_腾讯新闻".
  4. ^ "香港海员大罢工胜利100周年，广东重温工运历史".
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