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Statue Square

Statue Square
皇后像廣場
Public Square
Former name(s): Royal Square
Statue Square in June 2008, looking south toward the HSBC building.
Statue Square in June 2008, looking south toward the HSBC building.
Completion19th century
LocationCentral,  Hong Kong
Statue Square
Traditional Chinese皇后像廣場
Simplified Chinese皇后像广场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuánghòu Xiàng Guǎngchǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWòhng hauh jeuhng gwóng chèuhng
JyutpingWong4 hau6 zoeng6 gwong2 cheong4
General view of Statue Square in August 2013. The large building overlooking the square is the HSBC Building (fourth design), completed in 1985.
Statue Square in the 1910s, with HSBC building (second design). The old City Hall is hidden by the Legislative Council Building.
Statue Square in the 1930s, looking south toward the HSBC building (third design, built in 1935). The canopy of Queen Victoria's statue is visible.
Statue Square in 1955. Prince's Building (first generation) and Queen's Building are visible on the right.
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. Built entirely on reclaimed land at the end of the 19th century, Statue Square consists of two parts separated by Chater Road into a northern and a southern section. It is bordered by Connaught Road Central in the north and by Des Voeux Road Central in the south.

The name is a reference to the statues, mainly of British royalty, which stood on the square until the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Today, the only statue on the square is the one of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet, an early HSBC banker.

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