Editing Statue Square (section)

{{Short description|Square in Hong Kong}}
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| name =Statue Square
| native_name =皇后像廣場
| native_name_lang =zh-hant
| place_type =[[Garden square|Public Square]]
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| former_names =Royal Square
| image_place =File:HK Statue Square Plaza Overview.jpg
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| image_caption =Statue Square in June 2008, looking south toward the [[HSBC Building (Hong Kong)|HSBC building]].
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| location =[[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], {{HKG}}
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{{Infobox Chinese
|t=皇后像廣場
|s=皇后像广场
|y=Wòhng hauh jeuhng gwóng chèuhng
|j=Wong4 hau6 zoeng6 gwong2 cheong4
|p=Huánghòu Xiàng Guǎngchǎng
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[[File:HK Central 皇后像廣場 Statue Square 前立法會大樓 Legislative Council Building 滙豐銀行總行大廈 HSBC HQ Building 太子大廈 Prince's Building 文華東方酒店 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Aug-2013.JPG|thumb|General view of Statue Square in August 2013. The large building overlooking the square is the [[HSBC Building (Hong Kong)|HSBC Building]] (fourth design), completed in 1985.]]
[[File:Central Circa 1910 IMG 5786 cropped.jpg|thumb|Statue Square in the 1910s, with [[HSBC Building (Hong Kong)|HSBC building]] (second design). The old City Hall is hidden by the Legislative Council Building.]]
[[File:Hong Kong Central in 1930s.JPG|thumb|Statue Square in the 1930s, looking south toward the HSBC building (third design, built in 1935). The canopy of [[Statue of Queen Victoria (Hong Kong)|Queen Victoria's statue]] is visible.]]
[[File:Hongkong Central 1955 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Statue Square in 1955. [[Prince's Building]] (first generation) and [[Queen's Building]] are visible on the right.]]
[[File:Hong Kong street 04.jpg|thumb|Statue Square façade of the [[Court of Final Appeal Building|Legislative Council Building]] in June 2013.]]
[[File:Statue Square Filipina.jpg|thumb|Statue Square is a [[wikt:rendezvous|rendezvous]] for numerous [[Filipinos in Hong Kong|Filipino maids]] in Hong Kong on Sundays.]]
'''Statue Square''' ({{lang-zh|t=皇后像廣場}}; lit. "Empress' Statue Square") is a public pedestrian [[Town square|square]] in [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], [[Hong Kong]]. Built entirely on [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|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 [[Statue of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet|one]] of [[Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet]], an early [[HSBC]] banker.