# 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. 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

| 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 | Police emblem on navy blue background. |
| 1967–1997 | 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 | 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. |

## 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 | Flag of the Customs and Excise Department | Badge on a green background |

## 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 | Flag of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department | Badge on a red background |

## 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 | Flag of the Immigration Department | Badge on a navy blue background |

## 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 | Flag of the Auxiliary Medical Service | Badge on a navy blue background |

## Civil Aid Service flags

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

## 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. |
| | 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

| Date | Use |
| 2019 | Hong Kong flag variant, with black background |
| 2019 | Hong Kong flag variant, with no stars to represent the PRC |
| 2019 | Variant with wilted petals |
| 2019 | More detailed variant of wilted petal version |
| 2019 | Free Hong Kong flag |
| 2019 | Lennon Wall flag |
| 2019 | Hong Kong protest banner, "Chinazi [zh]" |

## Historical flags

| 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

| 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

| Date | Use |
| ?–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

| Date | Use |
| 1988 | Proposal 1 (1988) |
| 1988 | Proposal 2 |
| 1988 | Proposal 3 |
| 1988 | Proposal 4 |
| 1988 | Proposal 5 |
| 1988 | Proposal 6 |
| 1988 | Proposal 7 |
| 1988 | Proposal 8 |
| 1988 | Proposal 9 |
| 1988 | Proposal 10 |
| 1988 | Proposal 11 |
| 1988 | Proposal 12 |
| 1988 | Proposal 13 |
| 1988 | Proposal 14 |
| 1988 | Proposal 15 |
| 1988 | Proposal 16 |

## Hong Kong shipping companies

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