The new Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum set to open in mid-December is unlikely to display the 'blue sky and white sun' Kuomintang flag because no such flag of 'special historical value' has been found, a government curator said yesterday.
When asked at a Central and Western District Council meeting whether the controversial flag would be displayed, Museum of History chief curator Joseph Ting Sun-pao said no suitable flag had been found.
Mr Ting said a description and interpretation of the flag would form part of the exhibition, but not the actual flag.
He said the museum would emphasise the special historical value of the flag, and would display it if an authentic example was found.
Councillors who asked the question of Mr Ting found his answer to be a tactful way of avoiding a potentially explosive issue.
'It's hard to criticise Mr Ting's answer. It's understandable that they didn't want to embarrass the government but then, he was avoiding a sensitive political subject,' said councillor Kam Nai-wai. 'But the reality is, Dr Sun founded Kuomintang.'