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. 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 447 KB) Victoria Park, Hong Kong Taken by Simon Shek at 25 March 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Victoria Park, Hong Kong ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 447 KB) Victoria Park, Hong Kong Taken by Simon Shek at 25 March 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Victoria Park, Hong Kong ... Pinyin (拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... For the Korean family name Park, see Korean name. ... Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria Wettin, née Hanover) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1876 until her death. ... Large crowd of shoppers can be seen on Causeway Bay. ... Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... Causeway Bay (MTR) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Tin Hau is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island line. ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... The Eastern district (東區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is the harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. ... Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong Central Library (香港中央圖書館) is the central library of Hong Kong, located in Moreton Terrace, Causeway Bay. ...

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. A typhoon shelter is a shelter for fishing boats during typhoons found in Hong Kong. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ...

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. A street in Pimlico which characteristically mixes grand Victorian town-houses with 1970s council housing. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also alternative names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... HSBC Hong Kong Headquarters on Statue Square Statue Square is a public pedestrian square in Central, Hong Kong. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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 banner of the celebration of Chinese New Year. ...

A vigil attracting thousands of people is held there every year on June 4 to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... (Redirected from 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown) The Unknown Rebel — This famous photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener, depicts a lone protester who single-handedly halted the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour. ...

A city forum, sponsored and broadcasted to the public by Radio Television Hong Kong, is usually held in the park for every Sunday. The forum attracts tens of pro-Beijing old men yelling outside the forum venue, especially when there are pro-Democratic politicians participating in the forum. Such old men are usually referred to by the general public as the "Uncles of Victoria Park". Television Programs RTHK produces public affairs television programs which are broadcast by Hong Kongs three commercial television channels, TVB, ATV and Cable TV. These programmes include Hong Kong Connection (鏗鏘集), A Week in Politics (議事論事), Media Watch (傳媒春秋) and Police Magazine (警訊). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Uncles of Victoria Park (維園阿伯, or simply 維伯) is a colloquial term referring to a special group of people in Hong Kong. ...

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

See also: Victoria (disambiguation) Several places are named Victoria Park: Victoria Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia Victoria Park, New South Wales, Australia Victoria Park Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia Victoria Park, Auckland, New Zealand Victoria Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Victoria Park, Bath, England Victoria... Empress Victoria of the United Kingdom etc. ... Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. ... The following is a list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong: List of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, with a partial list of their sub-areas and streets Hong Kong Island Central and Western Central Admiralty Kennedy Town Mid-levels Sai Ying Pun Shek Tong Tsui Sheung... Urban public parks and gardens in Hong Kong include: This is a partial list. ...

External link

• Images from a vigil in Victoria Park, commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations