Hong Kong kids’ clothing chain Chickeeduck will not remove protester statue from store, founder says
- Insisting the move was not a stunt, Herbert Chow calls it a ‘meaningful in-store display’ intended for Father’s Day weekend
- ‘I don’t have a censoring process as to who can wear my stuff,’ he says about relation to so-called yellow economic circle
Chickeeduck founder Herbert Chow Siu-lung has also denied his decision to place the statue at a Tsuen Wan store location, which first drew public attention on Wednesday, was a stunt or put him in breach of his tenancy agreement.
As of Thursday afternoon, the operator of the mall, a shopping centre management company that is part of the New World conglomerate, had taken no further action against the retailer.
I welcome people of different political opinions to buy from me. I don’t have a censoring process as to who can wear my stuff. I can’t tell who is blue or yellow
“I support democracy for sure,” Chow told the Post. “I thought it was quite a nice art piece. It will be a meaningful in-store display and that’s how it all started. For me, it’s how I would all love it to end, but instead, it’s been blown all out of proportion.
“The artist has given us two months to play with it and move it from store to store and see which landlords will embrace it. Then we’ll go to the next mall.”
The statue was an attempt to do something different for the upcoming Father’s Day weekend, Chow explained. “We’ve never had the same complaint putting up Easter eggs or a Christmas tree … I guess this really is a concern for the landlord, who I have yet to meet.”
