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Royal emblem on a post box, Hong Kong University campus, 20 February 1997

The 'ER' (Elizabeth Regina) insignia on the gate of Government House, Central, 28 February 1997

Handover-themed window display featuring Sun Yat-sen in a Giordano store, Hennessy Road, 4 May 1997

Handover-themed window display in a Bossini store, Nathan Road, Kowloon, 7 May 1997

'Wet paint' sign on a post box after its royal emblem has been removed, opposite the HKU Main Building, 17 May 1997

Bus in handover celebration livery, Tsim Sha Tsui, 24 May 1997

Interior of the Convention and Exhibition Centre extension, showing construction of the podium on which the handover ceremony will take place, 27 May 1997

H.M.S. Chatham, moored near the Prince of Wales Barracks, 18 June 1997

Lowering the British flag at dusk, Victoria Prison, Old Bailey Street, 24 June 1997

Royal Navy helicopter with Citic Tower (left) and site of the British Farewell ceremony (right) behind, 27 June 1997

Performers representing Stock Exchange floor traders during practice for the British farewell ceremony, 28 June 1997

British sailors and sightseers near the former HMS Tamar site, 28 June 1997

British sailors disembarking from HMS Chatham, 28 June 1997

British military bandsmen with HMY Britannia, the Royal Yacht, visible behind, 28 June 1997

Performers representing judges in the British farewell ceremony, at the Tamar site for a rehearsal, 28 June 1997

Motorcycle policeman with British colonial emblem on his helmet, near the City Hall, 29 June 1997

Demonstrators and man with Union Jack hat outside the then Legislative Council Building on the last day of British sovereignty, 30 June 1997

Democratic Party leader Martin Lee entering the legislative Council Building along with other democrats shortly after the transfer of sovereignty has occurred at midnight, 1 July 1997

Ceremonial steps left behind at the Tamar site waterfront after HMY Britannia's departure in the early hours of the same day, taking Christopher Patten and Prince Charles with it, 1 July 1997

People's Liberation Army soldiers on guard duty at the former Prince of Wales Barracks, Central, on the first day of Chinese sovereignty, 1 July 1997

Chinese national emblem over the entrance to the Central Government Offices, Central, 5 July 1997

Flagpoles in front of the Central Government Offices, Lower Albert Road, Central, 5 July 1997

Flags of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and of China, Supreme Court Building (at that time home to the Legislative Council), Central, 5 July 1997

Sign at entrance to Victoria Prison a fortnight after the handover, with new emblem applied to it as a sticker, 14 July 1997

'Free Tibet' sticker on a road sign, Lamma, 18 August 1997

HKSAR flag on King's College, Bonham Road, 26 August 1997

Hoarding in celebration of the 'Double Tenth' (the 10 October Taiwan national day), placed without permission on Gloucester Road, Wanchai, 9 October 1997

The new crown emblem on the exterior of the British Consulate, Supreme Court Road, 19 April 1998

Chinese national flag and Hong Kong SAR flag in the Golden Bauhinia Square, Wanchai, 1 October 1998

The former Prince of Wales Building, with patriotic slogan placed by the People's Liberation Army, and traces still visible of its colonial era name (which had only recently been removed), 16 December 1998

Royal emblem on a post box, Hong Kong University campus, 20 February 1997

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