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PROVISIONS OF THE STATE COUNCIL CONCERNING HOISTING AND USING THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL FLAGS AT THE SAME TIME IN THE HONGKONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

Category  SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION Organ of Promulgation  The State Council Status of Effect  In Force
Date of Promulgation  1997-06-05 Effective Date  1997-07-01  

Provisions of the State Council Concerning Hoisting and Using the National and Regional Flags at the Same Time in the Hongkong Special Administrative Region



(Promulgated by Decree No. 219 of the State Council of the People's

Republic of China on June 5, 1997, and effective as of July 1, 1997)

    In accordance with the relevant provisions of the National Flag Law of the
People's Republic of China, the following provisions shall apply as of July 1,
1997 in the case of hoisting and using the national and regional flags at the
same time in the Hongkong Special Administrative Region:

    1. In the case of hoisting and using the national and regional flags at
the same time, the national flag shall be placed in the centre, or in the
higher or prominent position.

    2. In the case of hoisting and using the national and regional flags at
the same time or side by side, the national flag shall have a larger size than
the regional flag, with the national flag on the right and the regional flag
on the left.

    3. In the case of a procession holding the national and regional flags,
the national flag shall be ahead of the regional flag.



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