Kowloon Park

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Kowloon Park

Kowllon Park

The Kowloon Park (Traditional Chinese: 九龍公園; pinyin: Jiu Long Gong Yuan) is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. The park is managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

1 History
2 Stone wall trees
3 Museums
- 3.1 Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre
- 3.2 Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre
4 Other facilities
5 See also
6 Reference

[edit] History

The park was formerly a site of Whitfield Camp barracks for British force with a battery(Kowloon West Battery II) on its west side.

[edit] Stone wall trees

There are some trees growing on the walls adjacent to aviary pond in Kowloon Park.

See also: Stone wall trees in Hong Kong

[edit] Museums

One preserved historic barrack, Block S58, is used as a godown of Hong Kong Museum of History.

Another three preserved buildings of barracks was used as museums.

[edit] Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre

Blocks S61 and S62 of former Whitfield Camp are "Grade III historical buildings" which were constructed in circa 1910. They are a pair of identical two storied colonial military barrack blocks. The roofs are pitched with Chinese tiles with tar finish. They housed the former Hong Kong Museum of History from 1983 to 1998 before the completion of the present Hong Kong Museum of History at Chatham Road South. An extension block linking the two historical barracks was constructed in the 1980's to provide more space for the museum facilities. It now houses the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre.^[1].

[edit] Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre

Block S4 of former Whitfield Camp is a two-storied colonial military barrack building which is identical to Blocks S61 and S62. It nows houses Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre.

[edit] Other facilities

The park houses an indoor sport center and a swimming pool, which are often used for some international sport events.

The former Kowloon West Battery II was converted into a children's adventure playground in Kowloon Park; it is still recognizable for what it was, however. The gun emplacements have been renovated. Naval guns have been mounted in each emplacement after they were discovered at a construction site at Chatham Road in Tsim Sha Tsui in 1980.^[2]