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In 1952, the late Queen Victoria's statue was restored and placed in Victoria Park. In 1996, shortly before Hong Kong's handover to China, artist Pun Sing-lui tipped red paint over the statue and smashed its nose with a hammer. [2] Pun was a recent immigrant from Mainland China who had become disillusioned with Hong Kong culture. [3]
Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$ 398 million and opened on 23 May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft) and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.
Victoria Park (Chinese: 維多利亞公園; Cantonese Yale: Wàihdōleih'a Gūng'yún) is a public park in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong. The park is named after Queen Victoria , who has a statue in the park .
Statue Square façade of the Legislative Council Building in June 2013. Statue Square is a rendezvous for numerous Filipino maids in Hong Kong on Sundays. Statue Square (Chinese: 皇后像廣場; lit. "Empress' Statue Square") is a public pedestrian square in Central, Hong Kong.
Statue of Queen Victoria: Victoria Park, Hong Kong, China: 1896: Mario Raggi: Seated statue on pedestal: Bronze and stone: Q47305137 [4] Statue of Queen Victoria: National Museum of Colombo, Sri Lanka: 1897: George Edward Wade: Seated statue on pedestal: Q124518278 [5] Statue of Queen Victoria British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand: 1903: Statue of ...
In Hong Kong, a statue of Queen Victoria is located on the east side of Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island. The statue once sat in Statue Square in Central but was removed and sent to Tokyo to be destroyed at the time of Japanese occupation of the territory, during World War II. With Japan's defeat and subsequent retreat in 1945 ...
When Eucliff villa was demolished, the statue was donated to Osborn Barracks in Kowloon in the 1980s and where it stayed for ten years before being relocated to Hong Kong Park. [2] In 2005, a plaque remembering Osborn's sacrifice was unveiled on the Hong Kong Trail parallel to where he fell. [3]
Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to receive the highest level of protection. In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as the publication of the notice on the Hong Kong Government Gazette.