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New Territories. Sha Tin
Submitted by Andrew Suddaby
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Andrew Suddaby

Temple of 10,000 Buddhas. This statue in the centre of the forecourt was destroyed during the landslide of 1997 and has been replaced with a different one.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, January 1, 1958
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Suddaby, Andrew (1957-58)
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Submitted by OldTimer on Mon, 2019-05-13 04:11.

Visiting the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in 1963.  Sorry Andrew I was late for our meeting.  Regards,   Peter 

Shatin Buddhas Monastery (1963)
Shatin Buddhas Monastery (1963), by OldTimer

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Mon, 2019-05-13 13:38.

Only by a mere 5 years!  Andrew

Submitted by philk on Mon, 2019-05-13 20:08.

this kwun yam statue has quite a history. I believe it was originally at Lee Gardens in Causeway bay before being moved here.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Tue, 2019-05-14 00:59.

I always thought that such statues were associated with temples. Was there one at Lee Gardens?

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2019-05-14 06:32.

On East Point Hill at Lee Gardens. Can be viewed here

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2019-05-14 10:16.

Richard Wong has a few pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/49694825@N08/5115657505/in/dateposted/

It seems that the original statue was a film prop. I do remember going to visit the temple about 10 or so years ago when they were sculpting the new statue and, I must admit, I don't believe it was the old statue being reshaped.