Dual holidays celebrated in HK

Boats sail across the Victoria Harbour with the national and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region flags fluttering atop as Hong Kong celebrates the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. On Oct 1, 2020. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)

Boats sail across the Victoria Harbour with the national and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region flags fluttering atop as Hong Kong celebrates the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. On Oct 1, 2020. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)

Passengers on a bus wave national flags as they celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In Sai Wan, Hong Kong, on Oct 1, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Staff and students stand at attention during a flag-raising ceremony at Heung To Secondary School in Tseung Kwan O to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Oct 1, 2020. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A flag-raising ceremony is held at the Golden Bauhinia Square on Hong Kong Island to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Oct 1, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

A flag-raising ceremony is held at the Golden Bauhinia Square on Hong Kong Island to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Oct 1, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

A flag-raising ceremony is held at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong in celebration of the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Oct 1, 2020. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

The national flag is raised at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong in celebration of the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Oct 1, 2020. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

The national flag is raised at the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in celebration of the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In Causeway Bay, on Oct 1, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)