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Hong Kong Special Admeenistrative Region
UseCeevilanstate banner,ceevilanstate ensignnormal
Proportion2:3
AdoptitAppruivit on 4 Aprile 1990, uised syne 1 Julie 1997
DesignA stylised, white, five-petalBauhinia blakeanaflouer in the centre o a red field
Designed biTao Ho

TheBanner o Hong Kong SAR(Cheenese:Hương cảng khu kỳ) — orRegional Banner o theHong Kong Special Admeenistrative Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae(Cheenese:Trung hoa nhân dân cộng hòa quốc hương cảng đặc biệt hành chính khu khu kỳ) — featurs a white, stylised, five-petalHong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana)flouer in the centre o a red field. Its design was adopted on 4 April 1990 at the Third Session of the SeventhNational People's Congress.[1]The precise uise o the banner is regulatit bi laws passed bi the 58t executive meetin o theState Councilheld inBeijing.[2]The design o the banner is enshrined in Hong Kong'sBasic Law,the ceety's constitutional document,[3]an regulations regardin the uise, prohibition o uise,desecration,an manufactur o the banner are statit in the Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance.[4]The banner o Hong Kong wis first offeecially hoistit on 1 Julie 1997, in thehaundower ceremonymarkin the transfer o sovereignty.[5]

Design

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Seembolism

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The banner o Hong Kong fleein beside the naitional FRC banner

The design o the banner carries cultural, poleetical, an regional meanins. The colour itsel is significant; red is a festive colour for theCheenese fowk,uised tae convey a sense o celebration an naitionalism.[6]Mairower, the red colour is identical tae that uised in thenaitional FRC banner,[7]chosen tae signify the link re-establisht atween post-colonial Hong Kong anCheenae.The position o red an white on the banner seembolizes the "ane kintra twa seestems"poleetical principle applee'd tae the region. The stylized renderin o theBauhinia blakeanaflouer, a flouer discovered in Hong Kong, is meant tae serve as a harmonizin seembol for this dichotomie.[6]The five starns o the Cheenese naitional banner, representin the Communist Pairty an Mao Zedong's fower classes (proletarian wirkers, agricultural peasants, petty bourgeoisie an caipitalists), are replicatit on the petals o the flouer.

Afore the adoption o the banner, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Basic Law explained the significance o the banner's design tae the Naitional Fowkcongress:

“ The regional flag carries a design of five bauhinia petals, each with a star in the middle, on a red background. The red flag represents the motherland and the bauhinia represents Hong Kong. The design implies that Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China and prospers in the embrace of the motherland. The five stars on the flower symbolize the fact that all Hong Kong compatriots love their motherland, while the red and white colours embody the principle of "one country, two systems".[8] ”

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References

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  1. ↑"Decision of the National People's Congress on the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region of the People's Republic of China".Government of Hong Kong.4 Apryle 1990. Archived fraethe originalon 2 December 2013.Retrieved1 November2009.
  2. ↑Laws and Regulations of the People's Republic of China.China Legal Publishing House.2001. p. iv.ISBN7-80083-759-9.
  3. ↑"Basic Law Full Text".Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.Archived fraethe originalon 6 December 2008.Retrieved20 Mairch2009.
  4. ↑"Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance"(PDF).Bilingual Laws Information System. 1 Julie 1997.Retrieved25 Julie2009.
  5. ↑Jeffrey Aaronson."Schedule of Events".TIME.Archivedfrae the original on 5 October 2009.Retrieved1 November2009.
  6. ↑ab"Ức hương cảng khu kỳ khu huy đích đản sinh ( thượng ) (Reflecting on the Creation of the Hong Kong SAR Flag and Emblem – Part 1)"(in Simplified Chinese). Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group. 24 Mey 2007.Retrieved20 Mairch2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)[deid airtin]and"Ức hương cảng khu kỳ khu huy đích đản sinh ( hạ ) (Reflecting on the Creation of the Hong Kong SAR Flag and Emblem – Part 2)"(in Simplified Chinese). Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group. 25 Mey 2007.Retrieved20 Mairch2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)[deid airtin]
  7. ↑(Schedule 1 of the Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance)"Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance"(PDF).Bilingual Laws Information System. 1 Julie 1997.Retrieved25 Julie2009.
  8. ↑Elihu Lauterpacht, C. J. Greenwood, A. G. Oppenheimer (2002).International Law Reports.122.Cambridge University Press.p. 582.ISBN978-0-521-80775-3.Retrieved1 November2009.CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link)

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