Victoria Park, Hong Kong
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Victoria Park is a public park in Hong Kong, named after Queen Victoria. It is located in Causeway Bay, in the north of Hong Kong Island, between Causeway Bay and Tin Hau MTR stations. It is part of the Eastern District, along the border with Wan Chai District. Victoria Harbour is in the north of the park. Hong Kong Central Library stands on its southern side. In the early 2000s the park underwent a major revamp.
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History
The location of the park was previously a typhoon shelter, part of Victoria Habour, used to protect fishing boats and yachts during typhoon seasons. In the 1950s, the shelter was reclaimed and a park was built there.
Features
The park contains a sitting statue of Queen Victoria, facing the library. This statue was founded in Pimlico, London and was originally located on Statue Square. This statue, together with other ones from the square, were displaced to Japan to be melted by the occupying Japanese during World War II. After the war the statues were brought back to Hong Kong, and Queen Victoria's was restored in 1952 and placed in Victoria Park.
The park includes sports facilities, a garden, and an area used for shows and fairs.
Miscellaneous
A flower market is held there annually in the days preceding Chinese New Year.
A vigil attracting thousands of people is held there every year on June 4 to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown.
A city forum, sponsored and broadcasted to public by Radio Television Hong Kong, is usually held in the park for every Sunday. The forum attracted tens of pro-Beijing old men yelling outside the forum venue, especially there are pro-Democratic politicians participating the forum. Such old men are usually referred by the general public as "Uncles of Victoria Park".
See also
- Other places called Victoria Park or Victoria, including the historical Victoria, Hong Kong
- List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong
- List of urban public parks and gardens of Hong Kong
External link
- Images from a vigil in Victoria Park, commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9706/04/tiananmen.images/)zh: 維多利亞公園