List of Hong Kong flags

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

Customs and Excise Department flags

Fire Services Department flags

Immigration Department flags

Medical Service flags

Civil Aid Service flags

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	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 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

• List of Macanese flags

References