Sham Shui Po Park
| Sham Shui Po Park | |
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| 深水埗公園 | |
Fountain plaza
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| Location | Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon |
| Area | 3.75 hectares |
| Opened | 1984 |
| Operated by | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
| Open | Year round |
| Public transit access |
Cheung Sha Wan Station Sham Shui Po Station Nam Cheong Station |
Sham Shui Po Park (Chinese: 深水埗公園; Jyutping: sam1 seoi2 bou4 gung1 jyun4) is a park in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises two physically discontiguous sites on either side of Lai Chi Kok Road. The larger site is more well-known as Sham Shui Po Park. The smaller site is located within Lai Kok Estate and was originally managed by the Housing Authority and became part of Sham Shui Po Park when it was transferred to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
The park was built on reclaimed land originally home to the Sham Shui Po Barracks.
The first phase of the park, built at a cost of $9.8 million, was completed in November 1983. It was officially opened on 9 March 1984 by Urban Councillor Elsie Elliott. The Sham Shui Po Park Swimming Pool opened in 1985.
Sham Shui Po Park (Stage II) was an extension of the park on two physically separate sites – one contiguous with the original park. The contiguous site was once occupied by a temporary housing area and the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Fresh Water Fish Market. Part of the fish market site was eventually used for the construction of the Ka Ling School of The Precious Blood, which was originally slated to be built within the boundary of Lai Kok Estate. The Urban Council gave up the land for this school in exchange for land within Lai Kok Estate (see below). Stage II was completed in 2008.
The Yen Chow Street Temporary Housing Area site was once occupied by the Jubilee Buildings, apartments for British Army families completed in 1935. These were used (as was the whole site) as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. Following the Vietnam War and the influx of Vietnamese refugees to Hong Kong it became the Jubilee Transit Centre. Originally designed to house 500 members of army families, the population of Vietnamese refugees swelled to more than 3,000 by 1983.Caritas Hong Kong took over the camp and managed it, running within its confines a nursery, a recreation centre, a clinic, minors quarters, and a school.
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