The owner of a children's clothes shop in Hong Kong has refused a request from his landlord to remove a statue celebrating anti-government ...
Chickeeduck founder Herbert Chow poses next to the two-metre-tall"Lady Liberty", a symbolic statue placed by protesters at a Chickeeduck branch in Hong Kong, China, on Jun 18, 2020. HONG KONG: The owner of a children's clothes shop in Hong Kong has refused a request from his landlord to remove a statue celebrating anti-government protests saying he wanted to teach children about democracy and he was not violating his lease agreement.
Herbert Chow, the 56-year-old owner of Chickeeduck, which has 13 shops across Hong Kong, said he will meet the landlord on Friday to discuss the statue in one of his shops, and hoped to renew his lease, which expires this month."The revolution that we need now is the persistent fight for ... the freedom of speech, press, expression and creativity, and not to have to put up with anything that you think is unjust," Chow told Reuters in his shop in a suburban mall.
In a letter circulated online and verified by Reuters, the landlord, Discovery Park Commercial Services Ltd, cited a contract clause that said decorations needed approval and holding"an exhibition" without a licence may be in breach of the law and going beyond the purpose of the tenancy. "I’ve never seen in 30 years of retail experience landlords choosing not to renew because of political reasons," he said.
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