Pak Tsz Lane Park

I came across this park (well open space with places to sit, but nothing in the way of greenery or vegetation) quite by accident as I was going to a 1970's themed French restaurant located on the corner of the square with a friend.

There is nothing on any of the surrounding streets to point you to this area which has quite a significant place in Hong Kong History.

According to wikipedia, Pak Tsz Lane Park (百子里公園) is a park in Central, Hong Kong, featuring a monument celebrating the late 19th century revolutionary anti-Qing Dynasty activity of the members of the Furen Literary Society and the Hong Kong chapter of the Revive China Society. Leading members of these societies were Yeung Kui-wan (President), Sun Yat-sen (who has strong links with the University of Hong Kong) and Tse Tsan-tai.

The park is located in a quiet square surrounded by Aberdeen Street, Hollywood Road, Gage Street and Peel Street (all of which are vibrant areas full of restaurants, bars and street markets). It is close to the rear of 52 Gage Street where the revolutionists met and where Yeung Ku-wan taught and was eventually assassinated by Qing Dynasty agents. The Park can be approached by a number of narrow lanes, such as Sam Ka Lane (三家里), and Pak Tsz Lane (百子里), all of which afforded a number of possibilities for a quick get-away by the revolutionists, in case of action against them by either Qing agents or the Hong Kong police.

My photo is of a bronze sculpture of a man in western dress cutting the queue (pigtail) of a Chinese man dressed in traditional Manchu clothes, presented as a symbol of liberation from the Qing rule, but there is nothing in the square to tell you about this, hence resorting to wikipedia!!