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Dr Sun poised to overthrow King George VI A district council chief wants the botanical gardens' statue of the former monarch replaced.
(From South China Morning Post)
Byline: Klaudia Lee and Victoria Button
A statue of colonial monarch King George VI could be dethroned by a monument to Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
The chairman of the Central and Western District Council, Wu Chor-nam, wants to move the statue of the monarch from its prime position in the heart of the park and replace it with one of Dr Sun.
Under a proposal to be debated by the council today, the statue of King George VI would be shifted to a vacant area of the zoological section of the park.
"The best location should be given to Dr Sun, the …
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