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Throughout the history of Hong Kong as a colony, dependent territory or occupied territory, it has had its own flag in almost all periods, but it has never had its own official national anthem nor regional anthem.[1][2][3] Instead, the anthem of the ruling sovereign state has always been adopted for use in an official capacity and played on occasions such as major sporting events or ceremonies. However, a number of popular anthems have been adopted by segments of the population as representative anthems, and are listed under the "unofficial national anthems" section below.
"March of the Volunteers" has been adopted for official use and played at major sporting events and ceremonies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region internationally, since the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.[4][5][6][7]
The national anthem of China is protected by statute in Hong Kong under the National Anthem Ordinance, and has since begun broadcasting regularly on radio[8] and television stations including TVB, RTHK, ViuTV and HOY TV before the main news or morning news programmes as mandated by the Hong Kong government since the introduction of the Ordinance in 2020.[9]
As a dependent entity—during British rule from 1841 to 1997, during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945, and currently ruled by China—the anthem of the ruling sovereign state has been adopted for official use.
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