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Macao Island municipality Provisional Flag

Macau, Aomen

image by Antonio Martins

See also:

Câmara Municipal de Macau - Provisória

The new flags of Macau follow the previous ones with an interesting balance of change and non-change: They both show emblems on a plain background, and the emblems themselves are elegant developments of the respective ancestor. Macao City's new flag is also blue, showing a symbol that replaces the angels with doves, supporting a key where the old emblem had the Portuguese shield of arms. The key includes the lotus emblem from the Macao SAR flag and there is a ribbon bellow all (though it seems not to bear any inscription).
Antonio Martins, 16 August 2001

The municipal flags of Macau is that the Provisional Macau flag flies at municipal markets and some parks in the Macau Peninsula on Sundays
C.U. Chan, 24 February 2001

Municipal Emblem
image by Antonio Martins

Editorial Note: The provision of the law governing this flag and emblem was effective 20 December 1999 and was to expire on 31 December 2001 when the Provisional Municipal Council of Macao and the Provisional Municipal Council of the Islands would be replaced by the Institute of Civic and Municipal affairs.