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           Unofficial  Red ensign for  Hong Kong used prior to the Handover to the PRC in 1997. According to  FOTW, this ensign was used on merchant ships for a short time in the late 1980's.
             
              
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           | Date | 
           February 2006-02-13 | 
          
          
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           Made by  Hoshie,  User:David Newton's  red ensign; the badge is from the author of xrmap. | 
          
          
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            Hoshie | 
          
         
         
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          This image from the  Xrmap flag collection (source:  flags-2.6-src.tar.bz2).  The README file in that collection says of the SVG flags "We release them in the public domain". | 
         
        
        
         
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