Government officials and residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Dec 1 publicly mourned the passing of Jiang Zemin in various sites across the city. Jiang passed away Wednesday due to leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at the age of 96.

Hong Kong residents write their condolences to mourn the passing of Jiang Zemin on Dec 1, 2022. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

The national flag flies at half-mast at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as residents line up to mourn the passing of Jiang Zemin on Dec 1, 2022. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong residents bring flowers to mourn the passing Jiang Zemin at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Dec 1, 2022. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong residents line up at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to mourn the passing of Jiang Zemin on Dec 1, 2022. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong residents bring flowers to mourn the passing of Jiang Zemin on Dec 1, 2022. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Residents line up at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to mourn the passing of Jiang Zemin on Dec 1, 2022. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu pays his respects before a portrait of Jiang Zemin at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Dec 1, 2022. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, pays his respects before a portrait of Jiang Zemin at the liaison office on Dec 1, 2022. (PHOTO PROVIDED to CHINA DAILY)

President of Legislative Council Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen (second right ) pays his respects before a portrait of Jiang Zemin at the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Dec 1, 2022. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)