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PolyU's goddess of democracy suddenly disappeared

2021-10-15T06:27:31.422Z


After the "Pillar of National Sorrow" commemorating the June Fourth Movement was requested to be removed by the school, "Hong Kong 01" learned that the statue of the Goddess of Democracy in the PolyU Student Union Building has recently disappeared, and the statue is no longer seen on the original site.


After the "Pillar of National Sorrow" commemorating the June Fourth Movement was requested to be removed by the school, "Hong Kong 01" learned that the statue of the Goddess of Democracy in the PolyU Student Union Building has recently disappeared, and the statue is no longer seen on the original site. Reply.


Two Stake Democracy Statues were temporarily stored in the PolyU Student Union Building. It is understood that during the PolyU demonstrations and conflicts in 2019, one of them was removed from other locations on the campus. The police still survived the closure until the campus was reopened in January last year. Just disappeared.


Stake liquidator Tsai Yiu Cheong said that it was known that one of the statues of the people was lost after the PolyU demonstration. As for the latest situation of the other, it takes time to understand and it is difficult to comment on it at this time.


The reporter visited the PolyU Student Union Building today, but the statue of the Goddess of Democracy was not displayed.

(Photo by Zeng Kaixin)

The statues of the two girls were erected and one of the PolyU campuses disappeared after the reopening of the campus last year

At present, there are five university campuses in Hong Kong where the statue of the Goddess of Democracy or the relief of June 4th is placed to commemorate the 1989 pro-democracy movement and to mourn the victims of June 4th.

Two female statues were placed in the PolyU Student Union Building. It is understood that one of them was moved to the vicinity of the School of Design building by the demonstrators during the PolyU demonstration in November 2019. The campus was unblocked by the police on the 30th of the same month. The next day, it was still erected in that position.



However, since PolyU reopened the campus in January last year, she was nowhere to be found. There was a rumor that the statues of girls on the campus were regarded as "garbage" and discarded by the school.

As for the remaining statue of the goddess of democracy, a reporter from "Hong Kong 01" visited the school today and found that Jing had disappeared.

"Hong Kong 01" inquired to the school and the student union, but no reply was received.

Stake liquidator Tsai Yiu-chang said that the two statues of girls belong to the stakes and have been temporarily in the PolyU Student Union Building for many years. Every June 4th assembly and parade, etc., the statues are moved out for display.

He pointed out that it is known that one of the female figures was lost after the PolyU demonstration. As for the latest situation of the other one, it takes time to understand and it is difficult to comment on it at this time.

After 2019, there is only one statue of the Goddess of Democracy left in the PolyU Student Union Building. The picture is taken in June last year.

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Looking through the information, one of the statues of the girls was erected at PolyU for at least a decade. During the June 4th candlelight rally in 2004, the statues of the girls collided and cracked during transportation, so the Stake sent the sculpture to the Polytechnic warehouse for temporary storage. It was then transported to the Fo Tan factory for repairs.

After the death of Zhao Ziyang, the former general secretary of the Communist Party of China, in 2005, PolyU students would place the Stake Democracy Statue on campus for public display. At that time, it was obstructed by the school. In the end, the student union launched a referendum and passed a large number of votes to permanently fall to PolyU.

The 21-year history of Lingnan's June 4th Relief has been approved by the school to be displayed. It is considered "eliminating hidden dangers" when it is said to be needed.

There are also three statues of the Goddess of Democracy deposited at CUHK, City University, and Hong Kong University. As for June 4th, relief sculptures are placed at Lingda.

Lingnan University replied that the school reviews the risk management of the campus from time to time and will consider appropriate measures to "eliminate hidden dangers" when necessary to protect the overall interests of the university.

CityU pointed out that the university has established procedures and rules to deal with the posting of notices or display of objects on campus, and the school will review the relevant procedures and rules from time to time.

CUHK and HKBU have yet to reply.

CUHK, City University, Hong Kong University have successively placed the statues of the Citizens since 2010

The statue of the New Democracy Goddess at CUHK was made in 2010 by the famous Chinese sculptor Chen Weiming. In the same year, his works include relief sculptures on the June 4th Incident. It was originally intended to be transported from the United States to Causeway Times Square for exhibition on the 21st anniversary of the June 4th Incident, but it was unexpectedly not erected. The FEHD was cleared by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on the grounds of "not having applied for a temporary public entertainment venue license." Two sculptures were taken away, and they were finally released.

Later, the CUHK Student Union proposed to permanently place the statue of the girl on campus. Although the school once refused to "enter", after the June 4th rally that year, more than a thousand teachers, students and citizens escorted the statue of the girl into the school and erected it at the university train station. Opposite University Plaza.

The then principal Shen Zuyao once sent an open letter, satisfied that the statues of the people were placed on the campus.

The City University Girl Statue was destroyed in 2019

In the same year, the June 4th relief sculptures were on display in various universities and colleges, and they were finally placed next to the Liangqianju Teaching Building at Lingnan University until now.

The Lingnan Student Union once said in an interview that it submitted a proposal to the school to strive for permanent placement on the campus, and the proposal was eventually accepted by the school.

In 2012, the City University Student Union received a donation from the Stake Association of a statue of the Goddess of Democracy, which was placed in the main entrance of the school and beside the Democracy Wall in front of the library for a long time.

The statue of the girl was created by six graduates of the Hong Kong Academy of Arts, Baptist University and the School of Arts of Chinese University.

In July 2019, a 32-year-old man who speaks Mandarin was charged with criminal damage and fined 2,000 yuan.

As for the statue of the Goddess of Democracy at HKBU, it was placed in the university's teaching and administration building in 2014.

Hong Kong University’s Pillar of National Sorrow moved today: The University of Hong Kong and its owner Gao Zhihuo are more appropriate to approach the Pillar of National Sorrow. The Stake reiterated that the artist Gao Zhihu has the school should contact the University of Hong Kong to draw the dead line: 10.13. The Pillar of National Sorrow must be removed. Stake Calls for Historical Responsibilities

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Source: hk1

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