Hong Kong Park
| Hong Kong Park | |
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| 香港公園 | |
Aerial view
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| Location | Central, Hong Kong |
| Area | 8 hectares |
| Opened | May 1991 |
| Operated by | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
| Open | Year round |
| Public transit access |
Tram stop (25 m) Peak Tram terminus (30 m) Admiralty Station (200 m) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港公園 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 香港公园 | ||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Gōngyuán |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| IPA | [hœ̂ːŋkɔ̌ːŋ kʊ́ŋjy̌ːn] |
| Jyutping | hoeng1 gong2 gung1 jyun2 |
Coordinates: 22°16′38.96″N 114°9′42″E / 22.2774889°N 114.16167°E
The Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened in May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 m2 and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.
Part of the site was known as Cantonment Hill in early colonial days in 1841. At the upper part of the former location of the Victoria Barracks, built between 1867 and 1910, the barracks were handed to the government in 1979. Glenealy Junior School occupied part of this site up until 1988. After the school vacated the site, the area was turned into the present park. Hong Kong Park was officially opened on 23 May 1991 by Sir David Wilson, the Governor of Hong Kong at that time. It covers an area of 8 hectares and is an outstanding example of modern design and facilities blending with the natural landscape.
The construction of the park was a joint project by the Urban Council (dissolved in 1999) and the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (renamed the Hong Kong Jockey Club in 1996).
A few historic buildings of former Victoria Barracks were also conserved in the park, including:
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