Urban public parks and gardens in Hong Kong

Harcourt Park, Hong Kong

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Harcourt Park or Harcourt Gardens is a small urban park in Admiralty, Hong Kong. The park is located next to the Hong Kong Police Force's Headquarters and named for .

Fan Shui Park

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Fan Shui Park is a small urban park located in Kowloon Tong in Hong Kong. The park is bisected by historic Boundary Street and straddles both Kowloon and the New Territories.

Fa Hui Park

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Fa Hui Park is a small park located on Boundary Street, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon in Hong Kong. It occupies 19 hectares. It is one of the sites where Lunar New Year Fair is held every year.

There is a 1,100m² community garden in the park. Participants of "Community Garden Programme" are allowed to grow crops and ornamental plants in the community garden of Fa Hui Park; they are also permitted to take the harvest home afterwards..

Connaught Place, Hong Kong

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Connaught Place is a near Jardine House, formerly ''Connaught Centre'', in the , Hong Kong. It is also a road surrounding.

The and have Connaught Place addresses.

The square is home to a statue by Henry Moore entitled "Double Oval", which was unveiled in December 1977. The statue is donated by Hong Kong Land and is dedicated to Vernon Roberts, former General Manager of the company.

Choi Sai Woo Park

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Choi Sai Woo Park is a park located near the top of Braemar Hill at Braemar Hill Road, Hong Kong. The park serves as a social hub for the neighbourhood. Choi Sai Woo Park's opening hours are 7am - 11pm.

Historic background

The park was named after a former reservoir, Choi Sai Woo, which was formerly located in the park.

According to the Commemorative Plaque by in the park, the reservoir was built by Taikoo Sugar Company Limited in 1894; it was the largest and the last of the five private reservoirs built by the company. During the drought and bubonic plague outbreak started in 1894, the reservoir once supplied water to Tai Ping Shan District. It was filled in by Li Ka Shing to create the current park site. In World War II it was the scene of bitter fighting as the Japanese advanced to split the defence of Hong Kong into two: East and West.

Facilities

Choi Sai Woo Park is a landscaped garden with a total area of 2,400 m? providing some country freshness among a number of housing estates and schools. Located next to prestigious new housing developments and with several schools in the area, it serves the community as a place of rest. There are also two small basketball courts in the Park. The garden area is located at the very bottom level of Choi Sai Woo park abutting the car parking lot of PARKnSHOP. It is mainly planted with bamboo. There is also a children's playground located at the top of the park. A pagoda adjoins the playground. A number of amenities including restaurant or tea shop "cha chaan teng", Wan King, PARKnSHOP and 7-Eleven outlets, are in the vicinity.

Cheung Kong Park

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Cheung Kong Park is a small park located in the Central district of Hong Kong Island and named for Li Ka Shing's corporate empire. The park is privately maintained by the Li owned holding company, but is open to the public. The park consists of ponds and cascades with benches for visitors to enjoy the scenery.

Chater Garden

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Chater Garden , located in the Central District of Hong Kong, is a public park directly east of the . Due to its proximity to the seat of government, it has been used as a location for political rallies and demonstrations by groups in Hong Kong such as Falun Gong. The garden was developed in the 1970s, taking up space left by the Hong Kong Cricket Club who moved to Wong Nai Chung Gap. It is named after Sir Paul Chater, and one side of the garden is on Chater Road which is also named after him.

Chai Wan Park

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Chai Wan Park was one of large park in Hong Kong. Located in Chai Wan of Hong Kong, it occupied 6.55 hectares. Completed by Urban Council in 21 April 1993, the park is now managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department, a department of Hong Kong Government.

History

The park was the former site of Chaiwan Campsite of in 1929. The hill in the site thus known as Tung Kwan Shan in Cantonese language. In 1970, the Government decided to develop Chai Wan and the associate returned the site to the government and got a site in Tai Tam in exchange. The hill was demolished in 1980s and the shore nearby was reclaimed for the construction of the park.

The park was opened in 1993.

Facility

The park is with a lily pond in the middle.

Blake Garden, Hong Kong

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Blake Garden , also known as Blake Gardens, is a small urban parkette located in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island. The park is named for Sir Henry Arthur Blake, a former Governor of Hong Kong.

Historic background

In 1894, the bubonic plague outbroke in Hong Kong. Because of the dense population and deplorable sanitary condition, area was worst plague-stricken. Hence, the buildings in the area was bought and demolished by the Government. Part of the area, which was worst affected by the plague, was redeveloped. Blake Gardens and the Old Pathological Institute were built in the area after demolishing the building.

In the Garden, there is the Commemorative Plaque for the Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in 1894.

Aberdeen Promenade

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Aberdeen Promenade is a small urban waterfront park in Aberdeen, Hong Kong. It is located across from Ap Lei Chau in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island

West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade

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West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade is a promenade along Victoria Harbour on the reclamation of west of Kwun Chung in Kowloon of Hong Kong. It was open to public on 17 September 2005 .

The promenade starts at the junction of Nga Cheung Road and Austin Road West, outside the toll gate of Western Harbour Crossing.

As the project West Kowloon Cultural District remains stagnant after long debate, Hong Kong Government construct a promenade on an unused reclamation. The promenade is decorated with pillars of wind chimes and illuminated painting and calligraphy of various styles.

Specialties

Timber Boardwalk

The 700m section along the shore is covered with wooden strips which made from construction waste.

Dragon of Lanterns

There are 70 four-metre-high triangular lighting towers on the one-kilometre-long "Dragon of Lanterns" . Wind chimes are hung at the top of the lighting towers.

Victoria Park, Hong Kong

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Victoria Park is a public park in Hong Kong, named after . It is located in Causeway Bay, in the north of Hong Kong Island, between and MTR stations. It is part of the , along the border with Wan Chai District. Victoria Harbour is in the north of the park, while Hong Kong Central Library locates in the south. In the early 2000s the park underwent a major revamp.

History

The park was previously a typhoon shelter known as Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, part of Victoria Harbour, used to protect fishing boats and yachts during typhoon seasons. In the 1950s, the shelter was and a park was built there. The typhoon shelter was then relocated at the north of Victoria Park.

In recent years, there has been a tradition for thousands of to congregate in and around the western end of Victoria Park every Sunday . There is also a parallel, older tradition for Filipina domestic servants to congregate in Statue Square in Central, Hong Kong.

Features

There is a sitting statue of Queen Victoria, at the main entrance of the park. This statue was founded in Pimlico, London and was originally located on Statue Square. This statue, together with other ones from the square, were displaced to Japan to be melted by the occupying Japanese during World War II. After the war the statues were brought back to Hong Kong, and Queen Victoria's statue was restored in 1952 and placed in Victoria Park.

The park includes various sports facilities, swimming pool, central lawn and children areas. The tennis central court in the park is often used to host international tennis tournaments. There are several pools of water located in the garden area that are often used by the locals for remote-controlled toy boats.

Events hosted

Lunar New Year Fair

A Lunar New Year Fair is held there annually in the days preceding Chinese New Year. Some other large events are also held in the Park, such as Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo and Hong Kong Flower Show.

Protests

A vigil attracting thousands of people is held there every year on June 4 to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown. The park is also often being used as various demonstrations, such as the July 1 marches and 124 March.

City forum

A city forum, sponsored and broadcast to the public by Radio Television Hong Kong, is usually held in the park every Sunday. The forum attracts tens of pro-Beijing old men yelling outside the forum venue, especially when there are pro-Democratic politicians participating in the forum. Such old men are usually referred to by the general public as the "Uncles of Victoria Park" (維園阿伯）.

Transport

The transport there is very convenient as it is just next to the busy district Causeway Bay. Visitors can reach there by MTR, getting off at either or . Dozens of and the can reach there as well.

Urban Council Centenary Garden

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The Urban Council Centenary Garden is a in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was named to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the establishment of the Urban Council.

The park is divided into two sites, one in the west near Chatham Road South and another in the east near Mody Road, connected by a pavement corridor between and Peninsula Centre.

The east half with more space that let organisations hold larger activities like fun fairs. A great fountain occupies its north end. The west half erects six pillars from former of Tsim Sha Tsui.

Gallery

Tung Chau Street Park

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Tung Chau Street Park is an urban public park located in Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon.

Tuen Mun Park

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Tuen Mun Park is located in Tuen Mun; it is one of the major parks in the New Territories. It is formerly known as Tuen Mun Town Park.

Location

The park is at the Tuen Mun Town Center; it is near Tuen Mun Public Library, Tuen Mun Town Hall and

Facilities

The Reptile House

The Reptile House is the first of its kind in the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. 20 species are currently exhibited in the facility.