A memorial to the founding father of the Republic of China will soon be situated in Central Park.
Council approved plans to continue the design and construction of the Sun Yat-Sen memorial, which would be located near Patterson SkyTrain station.
Last June, the city approved plans to spend $40,000 in gaming funds on the design, with the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Foundation for Peace and Education providing $20,000 in-kind for supplies and installing the statue and the concrete and granite podium, as well as another $20,000 to complete the project.
The memorial will include a 7.5-foot statue of Yat-Sen on a 5.5-foot base, and granite tablets with inscriptions detailing the contributions of Yat-Sen, according to a staff report.
Eight magnolias will be planted around the memorial, in a gesture meant to coincide with the time of year that Yat-Sen visited Burnaby in 1911, the report added.
The memorial is set to be completed at the end of the summer, the report stated.
