30/05/2021
【洗刷國殤之柱與重漆太古橋 ｜Cleaning of the Pillar of Shame and Repainting of Swire Bridge】
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三十二年前的六月四日，中共為鎮壓民主運動，在北京城內掀起腥風血雨。中共出動軍隊到天安門和長安大街上掃射殘殺手無寸鐵者的畫面仍然歷歷在目。學生為爭取自由、民主與廉潔的社會而走到天安門抗議，換來的卻是極權血淋淋的屠殺。
「冷血屠城烈士英魂不朽 誓殲豺狼民主星火不滅」廿字烙印於香港大學太古橋，除了表達對當年屠殺的強烈憤慨外，亦代表港大學生對民主自由的追求和對極權暴虐的永恆警惕。在1997年，港大先賢前輩無懼校方及警方的阻撓，將國殤之柱豎立於黃克競平台上，以作警世之用。時至今天，香港大學學生會每年均會在六四自發洗刷國殤之柱及重漆太古橋，銘記血的教訓和民主自由的可貴。
港大學生會將透過洗刷國殤之柱與重漆太古橋，藉當年北京學生以及港大先賢在六四屠城事件中的角色，連結本土政治，以香港為本位，反思兩地抗爭運動的相似相異之處，提醒同學作為知識份子的應有之義，毋忘歷史和血的教訓。是次活動歡迎所有同學和會員參與，詳情如下：
洗刷國殤之柱
日期：六月四日（星期五）
時間：下午二時至三時
地點：黃克競平台國殤之柱
重漆太古橋
日期：六月四日（星期五）
時間：下午三時至四時
地點：太古橋
如有任何查詢，歡迎聯絡時事委員會署理主席容頌禧 (電郵：[email protected])。
On the Fourth of June thirty two years ago, the Chinese Communist Party rolled its troops into Tiananmen and Chang’an avenue to trample on the social movement for democracy, leading to bloodbaths in Beijing, with the resounding images of the unarmed brutally killed still resonating in our hearts. The students went onto Tiananmen square to call for freedom, democracy and clean society, only to find that the bloody massacre of the tyranny was waiting for them.
The words “Souls of martyrs shall forever linger despite the brutal massacre; Spark of democracy shall forever glow for the demise of evils” scorched on the Swire Bridge in the University of Hong Kong expresses deep anger towards the massacre, the pursuit of democracy and freedom of students at HKU, and our alert towards the brutal regime. In 1997, our predecessors defied the obstruction from the University and the police, placing the Pillar of Shame on the Haking Wong Podium to remind fellow students, and members of the society. Till now, The Hong Kong University Students’ Union spontaneously cleans the Pillar of Shame and repaints the Swire Bridge on June 4 annually to remember the bloody lesson, and the importance of democracy and freedom.
Through the event of the cleaning of the Pillar of Shame and the repainting of Swire Bridge, The Hong Kong University Students’ Union aims to connect the pivotal role that student of Beijing and predecessors of the University of Hong Kong had in the massacre to the local politics, using a Hong Kong centric mentality to reflect and compare the social movements in Beijing and Hong Kong, and remind fellow students of our duties as intellectuals to never forget the past lessons that were written with blood. All students and full members of the Union are welcomed to participate in this event, and the details are as followed:
Cleaning of the Pillar of Shame
Date: June 4 (Friday)
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: The Pillar of Shame, Haking Wong Podium
Repainting of Swire Bridge
Date: June 4 (Friday)
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Swire Bridge
Should you have any enquiries, please contact Yung Chung hei (Email: [email protected]), Acting Chairperson of Current Affairs Committee.
