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Encyclopedia > Statue Square
The Statue Square is located in Chater Road
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The Statue Square is located in Chater Road
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The HSBC banker, Sir Tomas Jackson, Bart 1841-1915
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The HSBC banker, Sir Tomas Jackson, Bart 1841-1915
Statue Square
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Statue Square
Statue Square is an ideal rendezvous for Filipino maids in Hong Kong on Sundays.
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Statue Square is an ideal rendezvous for Filipino maids in Hong Kong on Sundays.
Statue Square the classic
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Statue Square the classic

Statue Square (Traditional Chinese: 皇后像廣場) is a public pedestrian square in Central, Hong Kong. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 186 KB) Summary The Chater Road, Central, HK PC652107 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Landmark ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 186 KB) Summary The Chater Road, Central, HK PC652107 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Landmark ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 619 KB) Summary Statue Square 皇后像廣場 is a public pedestrian square in Central, HK Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 619 KB) Summary Statue Square 皇后像廣場 is a public pedestrian square in Central, HK Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 684 KB) Statue Square, Central, Hong Kong File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 684 KB) Statue Square, Central, Hong Kong File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 619 KB) Statue Square, Central, Hong Kong Statue Square is an ideal rendezvous for Filipino maids in Hong Kong on Sundays File links The following pages link to this file: Statue Square Filipinos in Hong Kong ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 619 KB) Statue Square, Central, Hong Kong Statue Square is an ideal rendezvous for Filipino maids in Hong Kong on Sundays File links The following pages link to this file: Statue Square Filipinos in Hong Kong ... Look up Rendezvous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... There are on average around 140,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, of whom most are domestic helpers (30,000 of them being members of the Filipino Migrant Workers Union). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 629 KB) Summary Statue Square 皇后像廣場 is a public pedestrian square in Central, HK Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 629 KB) Summary Statue Square 皇后像廣場 is a public pedestrian square in Central, HK Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Statue Square Metadata This file contains... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ...


History

The square was built at the end of the 19th century. It derives its name from the fact that it originally contained the statues of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward VII and Sir Thomas Jackson, the chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation between 1876 and 1902. These statues, together with the two bronze lions in front of the HSBC building, were displaced to Japan to be melted by the occupying Japanese during World War II. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from January 1, 1877, until her death in 1901. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... The Bridge of Sighs at Oxford Sir Thomas Graham Jackson RA (1835-1924) was one of the most distinguished architects of his generation. ... The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (香港上海滙豐銀行), based in Hong Kong, is a wholly-owned subsidiary and the founding member of the HSBC Group, which is traded on several stock exchanges as HSBC Holdings PLC. The business ranges from the traditional High Street roles of personal finance and commercial banking... Assorted ancient bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, China, Canada, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8...


After the war all statues were brought back to Hong Kong. Sir Thomas Jackson's now stands roughly in the middle of the square, facing the Former Supreme Court Building. Queen Victoria's statue was placed in Victoria Park. The two lions are now again in front of the HSBC building. Statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Park Victoria Park (Chinese: 維多利亞公園, pinyin: Wei Duo Li Ya Gong Yuan) is a public park in Hong Kong, named after Queen Victoria. ...


Surrounding buildings

The HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building is located along its southern side. It stands at the location of the old City Hall (built 1869, demolished 1933). The Former Supreme Court Building, now housing the Legislative Council is located along the eastern side of the square. Prince's Building is located along the western side of the square. HSBC Hong Kong Headquarters The HSBC Hong Kong headquarter building (officially HSBC Main Building) is located along the southern side of Statue Square, in Central, at the location of the old City Hall, Hong Kong (built 1869, demolished 1933). ... Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong, heading towards (From the left), the City Hall, Prince of Wales Building, and across the road Hong Kong Club Building. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Legislative Council Building The Former Supreme Court Building is located in Central, Hong Kong, along the eastern side of Statue Square. ... The Legislative Council (abbreviated as LegCo; Chinese: 立法會, Pinyin: Lìfǎ Huì; formerly 立法局, Lìfǎ Jú) is the unicameral legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Princes Building (太子大廈) is an office tower and shopping centre located along Statue Square in Central, Hong Kong. ...


The square was initially bordered by Victoria Harbour on its northern side, but following land reclamation, it is now separated from it by Edinburgh Place, which houses the Star Ferry pier, among others. Victoria Harbour The night view of the Victoria Harbour with the skyscrapers in Central behind, viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui Victoria Harbour (Traditional Chinese: 維多利亞港; Simplified Chinese: 维多利亚港; Cantonese Jyutping: wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gong2; Mandarin Pinyin: Wéiduōlìyà Gǎng) is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... Meridian Star (午星號) of Hong Kong Star Ferry. ...


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Statue Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (320 words)
Statue Square is an ideal rendezvous for Filipino maids in Hong Kong on Sundays.
It derives its name from the fact that it originally contained the statues of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward VII and Sir Thomas Jackson, the chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation between 1876 and 1902.
These statues, together with the two bronze lions in front of the HSBC building, were displaced to Japan to be melted by the occupying Japanese during World War II.
Trafalgar Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1972 words)
Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars.
Nelson's Column is in the centre of the square, surrounded by fountains designed by Lutyens in 1939 and four huge bronze lions sculpted by Sir Edwin Landseer; the metal used is said to have been recycled from the cannon of the French fleet.
At the corners of the square are four plinths; the two northern ones were intended to be used for equestrian statues, and thus are wider than the two southern.
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