WAR veterans fear their comrades who died in two world wars will be forgotten after the handover because British flags at the cenotaph in Central will be replaced.
Commemorative flags, which have flown over the war memorial for most of the years since it was erected in 1929, are dedicated to those who died in each of the services.
The cenotaph itself, where the six flags are hoisted each day, commemorates all the victims of the wars on both sides of the conflicts.
But former prisoner of war Jack Edwards is worried the British flags will be taken down for the last time at 6 pm on June 30, 1997.
'I can't imagine British flags flying there after the handover,' said Mr Edwards, chairman of the Hong Kong and China Royal British Legion.
'The cenotaph commemorates all those who fought and died and I just hope the British will not be forgotten when they leave.' The two central poles on the north and south sides of the monument hold the British Union flag representing Britain and the Army.
Flags either side are of the Royal Navy, the Royal Naval Reserve, the merchant navy and the Royal Air Force.