68-494: Space Museum may refer to: Hong Kong Space Museum National Air and Space Museum , Washington, D.C., United States Planetarium , a place for exhibiting images of astronomical phenomena The Space Museum , a serial of the British television program Doctor Who Space Museum , a DC Comics science-fiction series Space Museum (album) , by Solid Space Topics referred to by
136-459: A dollar sign on the other." Some designs were rejected because they contained copyrighted materials, for example, the emblem of Urban Council , Hong Kong Arts Festival and Hong Kong Tourism Board . Six designs were chosen as finalists by the judges, but were all later rejected by the PRC. Ho and two others were then asked by the PRC to submit new proposals. Looking for inspiration, Ho wandered into
204-699: A planetarium , the only one in Hong Kong. The main facilities of the museum are located in a building next to the planetarium, showcasing information about the Solar System , cosmology , and spaceflight . Accessible from Salisbury Road , it is adjacent to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre , the Hong Kong Museum of Art , and the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower . The Hong Kong Science Museum and
272-410: A Hong Kong flag was produced, a Blue Ensign flag with a badge based on this "local scene", but the design was rejected by Hong Kong Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell . On 3 July 1869, a new design for the Hong Kong flag was commissioned at a cost of £3, which featured a "gentleman in an evening coat who is purchasing tea on the beach at Kowloon". After a brief discussion in the executive council, it
340-401: A contest was held amongst Hong Kong residents to help choose a flag for post-colonial Hong Kong, with 7,147 design submissions, in which 4,489 submissions were about flag designs. Architect Tao Ho was chosen as one of the panel judges to pick Hong Kong's new flag. He recalled that some of the designs had been rather funny and with political twists: "One had a hammer and sickle on one side and
408-527: A crown of some sort, which may, or may not, have had the letters "HK" below it. In 1876, the "local scene" badge ( Chinese : 阿群帶路圖 Picture of "Ar Kwan" Guiding the British soldier ) was re-adopted to the Blue Ensign flag with the Admiralty 's approval. During a government meeting, held in 1911, it was suggested that the name of the colony appear on the flag in both Latin and Chinese scripts. However, this
476-689: A famous landmark in Hong Kong. It was the first local planetarium for the popularisation of astronomy and space science. The computerized star imager in the Sky Gallery of the Space Museum is capable of simulating the sky through optical principles, projecting 8,000 stars onto the hemisphere screen of the Planetarium. There is also a mock-up of the nose and cockpit section of the Space Shuttle orbiter. Hong Kong Space Museum has two thematic exhibition halls:
544-511: A flag is not of official size, it must be a scaled-down or scaled-up version of one of the official sizes. The Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance stipulates that "The regional flag is in red, the chrominance value of which is identical with that of the national flag of the People's Republic of China." The Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance stipulates that the Hong Kong flag must be manufactured according to specifications laid out in
612-405: A flower stamen . The heading that is used to allow a flag to be slid or raised onto a pole is white. A slightly different geometrical description of the flag is specified in the mandatory National Standard "GB 16689-2004: Regional flag of Hong Kong special administrative region". This table lists all the official sizes for the flag. Sizes deviating from this list are considered non-standard. If
680-548: A former member of the Legislative Council and a political activist in Hong Kong, was penalised in February 2001, before he became a member of the Legislative Council, for defiling the flag. He was convicted of three counts of desecrating the flag—for two incidents on 1 July 2000 during the third anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China and for one incident on 9 July of the same year during a protest against elections to choose
748-551: A garden and picked up a Bauhinia × blakeana flower. He observed the symmetry of the five petals, and how their winding pattern conveyed to him a dynamic feeling. This led him to incorporate the flower into the flag to represent Hong Kong. The design was adopted on 4 April 1990 at the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress, and the flag was first officially hoisted seconds after midnight on 1 July 1997 in
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#1732851212924816-750: A powerful dictatorship. In 2019, following the proposal of the Fugitive Offenders Amendment Bill by the Hong Kong government , the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement was triggered, and protests erupted all over the city. On 6 August, the then president of Hong Kong Baptist University Students' Union Keith Fong Chung-yin was arrested by undercover police for possession of offensive or lethal weapons after buying laser pointers in Sham Shui Po . Responding to
884-513: A prohibited manner or to desecrate the flag. According to the ordinance, a flag may not be used in advertisements or trademarks, and that "publicly and wilfully burning, mutilating, scrawling on, defiling or trampling" the flag is considered flag desecration. Similarly, the National Flag and National Emblem Ordinance extends the same prohibition toward the Chinese flag. The ordinances also allow for
952-418: A renovation project. It was found that most of the exhibits had been badly damaged, suggesting that they had not been properly preserved. Yet, before the poor state of maintenance was discovered, 400,000 HKD had already been spent repairing the exhibits. Given that the state of the exhibits remained poor, it was said to be a huge waste of money and to have tarnished Hong Kong's image. Another reporter from HK01
1020-482: A resolution of over 53 million pixels, matched globally only by the projection system in the Beijing Planetarium . The Hong Kong Space Museum's planetarium also had all of its seats replaced by a French company. The new seats, which are equipped with an interactive system that supports multiple languages, can be reclined for a better viewing angle inside the projection dome. Also, the audience can view not only
1088-676: A white stylised five-petal Hong Kong orchid tree ( Bauhinia × blakeana ) flower in the centre of a Chinese red field. Its original design was unveiled on 4 April 1990 at the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress . The current design was approved on 10 August 1996 at the Fourth Plenum of the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region . The precise use of
1156-422: Is 3:2. In its centre is a five-petal stylised rendering of a white Bauhinia × blakeana flower. If a circle circumscribes the flower, it should have a diameter 0.6 times the entire height of the flag. The petals are uniformly spread around the centre point of the flag, radiating outward and pointing in a clockwise direction. Each of the flower's petals bears a five-pointed red star with a red trace, suggestive of
1224-420: Is an inalienable part of China and prospers in the embrace of the motherland. The five stars on the flower symbolise the fact that all Hong Kong compatriots love their motherland, while the red and white colours embody the principle of "one country, two systems". The Hong Kong government has specified sizes, colours, and manufacturing parameters in which the flag is to be made. The ratio of its length to breadth
1292-610: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hong Kong Space Museum The Hong Kong Space Museum is a public astronomy and space science museum located in Tsim Sha Tsui , Hong Kong . Opened on 8 October 1980, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government . The building is notable for its hemispherical shape, which contains
1360-459: The Court of Final Appeal maintained the original guilty verdict, holding that this restriction on the freedom of expression was justifiable in that the protection of the flags played a role in national unity and territorial integrity and constituted a restriction on the mode of expressing one's message but did not interfere with one's freedom to express the same message in other ways. Leung Kwok-hung ,
1428-703: The Election Committee , the electoral college which chooses the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Leung was placed on a good-behaviour bond for 12 months in the sum of HK$ 3,000. Prior to the secession of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom following the First Opium War via the Treaty of Nanking , Hong Kong fell under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government and flew the flag and ensign of the Chinese government of
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#17328512129241496-743: The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices overseas, the flag is displayed during days when these offices are working. Other government offices and buildings, such as hospitals, schools, departmental headquarters, sports grounds, and cultural venues should fly the flag on occasions such as the National Day of the PRC (1 October), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July), and New Year's Day. The flag should be raised at 8:00 a.m. and lowered at 6:00 p.m. The raising and lowering of
1564-555: The Hong Kong Museum of History are also located in Tsim Sha Tsui . The idea of a planetarium was originally proposed in 1961 by the Urban Council . Ten years later, the Urban Services Department (USD) set up a working group to study overseas experience in establishing planetariums. The study was aimed at laying the groundwork for setting up the future Hong Kong Space Museum. The Hong Kong Government decided to build
1632-506: The national flag of the People's Republic of China , chosen to signify the link re-established between post-colonial Hong Kong and Mainland China . The position of red and white on the flag symbolises the " one country, two systems " political principle applied to the region. The stylised rendering of the Bauhinia × blakeana flower, a flower discovered in Hong Kong, is meant to serve as a harmonising symbol for this dichotomy. The five stars of
1700-510: The planetarium . In September 2015, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced that the two exhibition halls, which had been in use since 1991, would undergo renovation beginning on 5 October that year. The renovated exhibition halls would be renamed "Hall of the Cosmos" and "Hall of Space Exploration" respectively. Visitors would be offered a novel experience in which they could learn about
1768-437: The "Azure Dragon" on a plain yellow field with the red flaming pearl of the three-legged crow in the upper left corner. In 1843, a seal representing Hong Kong was instituted. The design was based on a local waterfront scene; three local merchants with their commercial goods are shown on the foreground, a square-rigged ship and a junk occupy the middle ground, while the background consists of conical hills and clouds. In 1868,
1836-408: The Chief Executive to do so, or when the Chief Executive considers it appropriate to do so, on occurrences of unfortunate events causing especially serious casualties, or when serious natural calamities have caused heavy casualties. When raising a flag to be flown at half-mast, it should first be raised to the top of the pole and then lowered to a point where the distance between the top of the flag and
1904-431: The Chief Executive to make stipulations regarding the use of the flag. In stipulations made in 1997, the Chief Executive further specified that the use of the flag in "any trade, calling or profession, or the logo, seal or badge of any non-governmental organisation" is also prohibited unless prior permission was obtained. The first conviction of flag desecration occurred in 1999. Protesters Ng Kung-siu and Lee Kin-yun wrote
1972-494: The Chinese national flag are replicated on the petals of the flower. The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana is most commonly rendered as " 洋紫荊 ", but is often shortened to 紫荊 / 紫荆 in official uses since " 洋 " ( yáng ) means "foreign" in Chinese, notwithstanding 紫荊 / 紫荆 refers to another genus called Cercis . A sculpture of the plant has been erected in Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong. Before
2040-572: The Hall of Space Science and the Hall of Astronomy on the ground and first floors respectively. The exhibits, predominantly interactive, enable visitors to learn through a series of entertaining and educational experiences. The museum sits within walking distance of both Tsim Sha Tsui station and East Tsim Sha Tsui station of the MTR . It is also near the Star Ferry Pier and a bus terminus. In November 2008,
2108-492: The Hong Kong Space Museum spent 34 million HKD on the first major overhaul of the planetarium since it opened in 1980. The major overhaul mainly involved the installation of a new digital planetarium projection system, a high-resolution projection system that is only available in a few space museums from other parts of the world. Not only can the system play 3D shows and movies on the hemispherical projection dome inside
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2176-509: The Hong Kong flag on the left, the EAGA flag the same size on the right, and the PRC flag larger and higher than both flags in the centre, thus making the EAGA flag smaller than another opening ceremony flag. In November 2018, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan visited Hong Kong while displaying a United States flag and a Hong Kong flag of equal size with the Chinese flag absent. In previous visits by other US aircraft carriers in 2011 and 2014,
2244-580: The Japanese military government used the flag of Japan in its official works in Hong Kong. The flag was similar in design to that previously used. It featured a British Blue Ensign with a local waterfront scene. A coat of arms for Hong Kong was granted on 21 January 1959 by the College of Arms in London. The Hong Kong flag was revised in the same year to feature the coat of arms in the Blue Ensign flag . This design
2312-458: The Olympics and Asian Games . As Hong Kong competes separately from mainland China, should an athlete from Hong Kong win the gold medal, and an athlete from mainland China win the silver and/or bronze medal(s) in the same event, the regional flag of Hong Kong would be raised in the centre above the national flag(s) during the medal presentation ceremony, and the Hong Kong flag would be the same size as
2380-427: The Space Museum acquired an Indian astrolabe. In May 2000, a flag of Hong Kong that was placed inside Shenzhou 1, the first unmanned Shenzhou spacecraft from China, was also put on display in the museum. In July the same year, the certificate which named Minor Planet 3297 Hong Kong was also put on display. In 2017, Yang Liwei, the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program, donated his work uniform to
2448-563: The Space Museum. The museum has two wings: east wing and west wing. The former consists of the nucleus of the museum's planetarium , which has an egg-shaped dome structure. Beneath it is the Stanley Ho Space Theatre, the Hall of Space Science, workshops and offices. The west wing houses the Hall of Astronomy, the Lecture Hall, a gift shop and offices. The planetarium's egg-shaped dome covers more than 8,000 square metres, making it
2516-609: The adoption of the flag, the Chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee Ji Pengfei explained the significance of the flag's design to the National People's Congress: The regional flag carries a design of five bauhinia petals, each with a star in the middle, on a red background. The red flag represents the motherland and the bauhinia represents Hong Kong. The design implies that Hong Kong
2584-445: The arrest, Fong said that he was just buying the laser points for his friends and leaving one for himself for stargazing, and that when he was buying the laser points, he was not aware they could be used as a weapon. On 7 August, the police said during a press conference that the laser pointers Fong had bought, which were 18 centimetres long, had a power output of 100 mW, high enough to classify them as weapons by law. To prove that
2652-402: The audience to send short messages to each other, participate in real-time games, answer audience satisfaction surveys, and perform a number of other activities. From 17 November 2008 to June 2009, the planetarium was closed for renovation. It reopened on 1 July 2009 with the new digital planetarium projection system installed, which was manufactured by American company Sky-Skan Inc and boasts
2720-484: The carrier's display had included the Chinese flag. Stand News reported that both pro-democracy and pro-Beijing social media users interpreted the display as support for Hong Kong independence or Hong Kong sovereignty. The Hong Kong flag must be lowered to half-mast as a token of mourning when any of the following people die: The flag may also be flown at half-mast when the Central People's Government advises
2788-417: The centre, above the regional flag, or otherwise in a more prominent position than that of the regional flag. The regional flag must be smaller in size than the national flag, and it must be displayed to the left of the national flag. When the flags are displayed inside a building, the left and right sides of a person looking at the flags, and with his or her back toward the wall, are used as reference points for
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2856-445: The effects of solar activities on earth, and the exhibition hall would provide visitors with a surreal science fiction experience. However, by May 2013, the Space Museum had yet to carry out the renovation work. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said that it had planned to start the renovation in mid-2015 and finish it by the end of the year, during which the exhibition halls would close but shows would still continue as usual in
2924-427: The event, some protestors shone their laser pointers at the walls of the Space Museum's Stanley Ho Space Theatre, the trees that were planted in front of it, and the walls of the adjacent buildings. They also sang songs to mock the police for using laser points to ignite the newspapers. Flag of Hong Kong The Regional Flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China depicts
2992-566: The evolution of the universe, the exploration of the solar system and beyond, and more. The renovation was finally completed in 2018, and the exhibition halls reopened on 25 April that year. In 2006, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department carried out a survey on the general satisfaction level among visitors to the seven museums it runs (the Hong Kong Space Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art , Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence , Hong Kong Museum of History , Hong Kong Science Museum and Museum of Tea Ware ) and also their satisfaction level with
3060-560: The flag is regulated by laws passed by the 58th executive meeting of the State Council held in Beijing . The design of the flag is enshrined in Hong Kong's Basic Law , the territory's constitutional document, and regulations regarding the use, prohibition of use, desecration , and manufacture of the flag are stated in the Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance. The flag of Hong Kong
3128-428: The flag should be done slowly; it must reach the peak of the flag staff when it is raised, and it may not touch the ground when it is lowered. The flag may not be raised in severe weather conditions. A Hong Kong flag that is either damaged, defaced, faded or substandard must not be displayed or used. Whenever the Chinese national flag is flown together with the Hong Kong regional flag, the national flag must be flown at
3196-708: The government. The Hong Kong flag is flown daily from the chief executive 's official residence, Government House , the Hong Kong International Airport , and at all border crossings and points of entry into Hong Kong. At major government offices and buildings, such as the Office of the Chief Executive, the Executive Council , the Court of Final Appeal , the High Court , the Legislative Council , and
3264-462: The height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong , the Hong Kong Space Museum replaced the dome projection screen in the planetarium to improve image quality. The Exhibition Halls There was a plan to renovate the two exhibition halls at a cost of 32 million HKD. Under the renovation plan, which would last half a year, the themes of the exhibition hall on the first floor would be space exploration and
3332-436: The inaccurate information on the display boards might have misled the public, promising to provide more up-to-date information on the display boards and remove any information that was misleading. The department also promised that some of the permanent exhibits would be replaced with newer ones. In 2018, an Oriental Daily News reporter was again sent to inspect the museum's exhibition halls, 4 months after they reopened following
3400-421: The laser pointers Fong had bought could cause bodily harm, the police ignited some newspapers with them in front of the public. As the laser pointers Fong had bought were seen as "stargazing pointers" and could indeed be used for stargazing, a "Stargazing Event" was organized that very same night in front of the Space Museum, with thousands of people taking part to protest against Fong's "arbitrary" arrest. During
3468-498: The left and right sides of a flag. When the flags are displayed outside a building, the left and right sides of a person standing in front of the building and looking towards the front entrance are used as reference points for the left and right sides of a flag. The national flag should be raised before the regional flag is raised, and it should be lowered after the regional flag is lowered. An exception to this rule occurs during medal presentation ceremonies at multi-sport events such as
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#17328512129243536-501: The list of planets in the Solar System, had yet to be removed from the Solar System model. Also, information on China's space program history was found to be severely lacking, with only a few display boards. On TripAdvisor, an International travel website, some netizens had also criticized the exhibits at the museum for being outdated and unappealing. In response to the criticisms, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department admitted that
3604-512: The mainland China flag. Another discrepancy was observed during the opening ceremonies of the 2009 East Asian Games . Normally, the organization's flag and the host's flag are raised to equal prominence and the organization's flag cannot be smaller than any other flag. However, when Hong Kong hosted the 2009 East Asian games, three flags (the Hong Kong flag, the PRC flag, and the East Asian Games Association flag) were raised, with
3672-497: The museum at Tsim Sha Tsui and invited Mr. Joseph Liu to serve as Planetarium Advisor. In 1974, The USD signed a contract with the Carl Zeiss Company to purchase a planetarium and other equipment with a price of HK$ 3,050,000. Construction commenced in 1977 and the museum opened on 8 October 1980. The museum contained the world's first computerized planetarium. In the 2008-2009 financial year, there were about 590,000 visits to
3740-450: The museum facilities. The Hong Kong Space Museum scored the lowest among the seven museums, at only 76.1% for general satisfaction and 78% for satisfaction with the facilities. In August 2014, an Oriental Daily News reporter was sent to inspect the museum. Some inaccurate information was found. For example, a satellite program in the 1990s was described as a future space program. In another example, Pluto , which had been removed from
3808-510: The museum. In 2015, in order to carry out renovation work, the exhibition hall in the Sky Hall was closed on 5 October and reopened on 25 April 2018. Because most of the exhibits in the Space Museum are interactive ones, it has a relatively small number of exhibits of historical value. However, since 2019, the museum has had 17 such exhibits. From 1981, the museum started buying meteorites such as iron meteorites, pallasites and tektites. In 1983,
3876-484: The night sky as simulated from the surface of the earth, but also that as simulated from the surface of the other planets in the solar system. In the night sky, the shapes of different constellations can be seen, and the changes in polar nights from outer space can also be tracked. As a result of another renovation project, the Stanley Ho Space Theatre and the Lecture Hall were closed between 1 November 2015 and 1 March 2016. They had since reopened. On 1 May 2020, during
3944-572: The ordinance. If flags are not produced in design according to the ordinance, the Secretary for Justice may petition the District Court for an injunction to prohibit the person or company from manufacturing the flags. If the District Court agrees that the flags are not in compliance, it may issue an injunction and order that the flags and the materials that were used to make the flags to be seized by
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4080-415: The space museum, but it is also capable of simulating scenes of stars , planets , and other celestial objects from anywhere in the universe, either in real time or at a past point in time. The 300 seats in the planetarium were also replaced with ones that spot a multilingual interactive feature. The wireless Bluetooth headsets and the newly designed display unit installed on the armrest of each seat allow
4148-726: The time. Prior to the establishment of the crown colony of Hong Kong , the ruling dynasty in China was the Qing dynasty . Despite being established in 1644, the Qing Empire had no official flags until 1862. Prior to 1898, when the Second Convention of Peking was signed between the Qing Court and the government of the United Kingdom, the New Territories was still Qing land. The flag itself features
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#17328512129244216-410: The top of the pole is one third of the length of the pole. When lowering the flag from half-mast, it should first be raised to the peak of the pole before it is lowered. The Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance states what manner of use of the Hong Kong flag is prohibited and that desecration of the flag is prohibited. It also states that it is a punishable offence for a person to use the flag in
4284-581: The word "shame" on both the Chinese flag and the Hong Kong flag, and were convicted of violating the National Flag and National Emblem Ordinance and the Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance. The Court of Appeal overturned the verdict, ruling that the ordinances were unnecessary restrictions on the freedom of expression and in violation of both the Basic Law and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights . Upon further appeal, however,
4352-420: Was also sent to inspect the museum the same year. It was found that of the 110 new interactive exhibits, 64% had been repaired at least once. In January 2020, fences were placed around the Space Museum when its exterior walls were being cleaned, leading to a feeling that the Space Museum had been turned into a prison. This was criticized by netizens, who jokingly alluded that to the powerless people's fight against
4420-473: Was determined that the new design was very problematic and it was not adopted. In 1870, a "white crown over HK" badge for the Blue Ensign flag was proposed by the Colonial Secretary . The letters "HK" were omitted and the crown became full-colour three years later. It is unclear exactly what the badge looked like during that period of time, but it was unlikely to be the "local scene". It should have been
4488-513: Was dismissed as it would "look absurd" to both Chinese and Europeans. The flag which was eventually adopted featured the Blue Ensign together with a "local scene" of traders in the foreground and both European-style and Chinese-style trading ships in the background. During the Second World War , Hong Kong was seized and occupied by the Empire of Japan from 1941 to 1945. During the occupation,
4556-465: Was officially adopted and hoisted on 1 July 1997, during the handover ceremony marking the handover from the United Kingdom back to China. The design of the flag comes with cultural, political, and regional meanings. The colour itself is significant; red is a festive colour for the Chinese people , used to convey a sense of celebration and nationalism. Moreover, the red colour is identical to that used in
4624-501: Was used officially from 1959 until Hong Kong's handover in 1997. Since then, the colonial flag has been appropriated by protestors, such as on the annual 1 July marches for universal suffrage , as a "symbol of antagonism towards the mainland", along with a blue flag featuring the coat of arms, used by those advocating independence . The flag features a British Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997). Before Hong Kong's handover, between 20 May 1987 and 31 March 1988,
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