#UK City Council Proposes to Rename as "Hong Kong Square" and "Tibet Hill" around the #ChineseEmbassy
The Chinese Embassy in the UK will move to the Tower Hamlets district in East London. Its city council is investigating to name "Hong Kong Square", "Uyghur Court" and "Tibet Hill" around the new site.
Some Hongkongers, Tibetans and Uyghurs host an assembly on September 14, 2021, calling to confirm the rename.
#PeterGolds, a Conservative party leader in the city council, indicates that minimising the effects on the residential and commercial addresses is one of the difficulties of renaming streets. Nevertheless, a road is known to be suitable for renaming in front of the Embassy new site, and Golds says, "everyone entering the new Chinese Embassy has to pass through it".
The Chinese Embassy in the UK was planned to relocate to the original site of #TheRoyalMint in 2018, which is in Tower Hamlets, London. On the Handover Ceremony of the Royal Mint in 2018, #LiuXiaoming, the Chinese Ambassador back then, stated the Embassy would be a new landmark in London. And #JohnBiggs, the mayor back then, indicates the move-in of the Chinese Embassy demonstrates an "open and energetic living and working place".
The Tower Hamlets City Council unanimously agreed with the research on renaming the streets and the new buildings around the Chinese Embassy new site in a general meeting in March 2021.
Having the names of "Hong Kong Square", "Uyghur Court", "Tibet Hill" and "Xiaobo Road" shows the city is with these places and people.
A hundred people called on the name change implementation.
A hundred Hongkongers, Uyghurs, Tibetans, and the local whites protest outside the Embassy new site today, calling for the implementation of the name changes. The event is hosted by the Hong Kong Liberty, Power to Hongkongers, Free Tibet, Stop Uyghur Genocide and other organisations.
A leaflet, written with "Tower Hamlets: Give Us a Sign You Care" slogan and "Tibet Hill", "Hong Kong Square" and "Uyghur Court".
#FinnLau, who is wanted by the Hong Kong Police and is exiled to the UK, states his opposition to the relocation of the Chinese Embassy at the assembly. "We need to stop the #CCP rebuilding a British heritage with 600 years of history to become a palace to serve an authoritarian regime."
Conservative Party leader in the City Council Peter Golds says that he empathises with Hongkongers', Uyghurs' and other people's situation as he does not have British ancestry that his parents are from Poland and Lithuania and moved to the UK to get rid of suppression. He says that trying hard to change the street is because "the CCP needs to take responsibility for their actions". He also criticises the CCP for violating the promise of "One Country Two Systems" to Hong Kong.
The Conservative Party leader in the City Council said a location is suitable to change its name.
Peter Golds explains that one of the most challenging parts of the project is that changing street names will affect the registration addresses for the local residents and commercials. Nevertheless, he said that a street in front of the Embassy belongs to Tower Hamlets district and does not have anyone living in or any enterprise operating. "We can place a road sign here, such as 'London Borough of Tower Hamlet, Hong Kong Square', that everyone will walk past here to enter the Chinese Embassy."
He also mentions that the actual chance of changing the name depends on the wishes of the city council, "but many of us want to do it". He indicates that he will not be afraid of counteraction from China. "What can they do to me? I am only a mayor. I serve my electorates, not the CCP. But I understand the fear of Hongkongers with my emphasis."
#China #TowerHamlets #UrbanPlanning #HongKongSquare #TibetHill #UyghurCourt #UKCityCouncil
Source: Stand News #Sep15
https://bit.ly/3hVhsV3
The Chinese Embassy in the UK will move to the Tower Hamlets district in East London. Its city council is investigating to name "Hong Kong Square", "Uyghur Court" and "Tibet Hill" around the new site.
Some Hongkongers, Tibetans and Uyghurs host an assembly on September 14, 2021, calling to confirm the rename.
#PeterGolds, a Conservative party leader in the city council, indicates that minimising the effects on the residential and commercial addresses is one of the difficulties of renaming streets. Nevertheless, a road is known to be suitable for renaming in front of the Embassy new site, and Golds says, "everyone entering the new Chinese Embassy has to pass through it".
The Chinese Embassy in the UK was planned to relocate to the original site of #TheRoyalMint in 2018, which is in Tower Hamlets, London. On the Handover Ceremony of the Royal Mint in 2018, #LiuXiaoming, the Chinese Ambassador back then, stated the Embassy would be a new landmark in London. And #JohnBiggs, the mayor back then, indicates the move-in of the Chinese Embassy demonstrates an "open and energetic living and working place".
The Tower Hamlets City Council unanimously agreed with the research on renaming the streets and the new buildings around the Chinese Embassy new site in a general meeting in March 2021.
Having the names of "Hong Kong Square", "Uyghur Court", "Tibet Hill" and "Xiaobo Road" shows the city is with these places and people.
A hundred people called on the name change implementation.
A hundred Hongkongers, Uyghurs, Tibetans, and the local whites protest outside the Embassy new site today, calling for the implementation of the name changes. The event is hosted by the Hong Kong Liberty, Power to Hongkongers, Free Tibet, Stop Uyghur Genocide and other organisations.
A leaflet, written with "Tower Hamlets: Give Us a Sign You Care" slogan and "Tibet Hill", "Hong Kong Square" and "Uyghur Court".
#FinnLau, who is wanted by the Hong Kong Police and is exiled to the UK, states his opposition to the relocation of the Chinese Embassy at the assembly. "We need to stop the #CCP rebuilding a British heritage with 600 years of history to become a palace to serve an authoritarian regime."
Conservative Party leader in the City Council Peter Golds says that he empathises with Hongkongers', Uyghurs' and other people's situation as he does not have British ancestry that his parents are from Poland and Lithuania and moved to the UK to get rid of suppression. He says that trying hard to change the street is because "the CCP needs to take responsibility for their actions". He also criticises the CCP for violating the promise of "One Country Two Systems" to Hong Kong.
The Conservative Party leader in the City Council said a location is suitable to change its name.
Peter Golds explains that one of the most challenging parts of the project is that changing street names will affect the registration addresses for the local residents and commercials. Nevertheless, he said that a street in front of the Embassy belongs to Tower Hamlets district and does not have anyone living in or any enterprise operating. "We can place a road sign here, such as 'London Borough of Tower Hamlet, Hong Kong Square', that everyone will walk past here to enter the Chinese Embassy."
He also mentions that the actual chance of changing the name depends on the wishes of the city council, "but many of us want to do it". He indicates that he will not be afraid of counteraction from China. "What can they do to me? I am only a mayor. I serve my electorates, not the CCP. But I understand the fear of Hongkongers with my emphasis."
#China #TowerHamlets #UrbanPlanning #HongKongSquare #TibetHill #UyghurCourt #UKCityCouncil
Source: Stand News #Sep15
https://bit.ly/3hVhsV3