Choi Sai Woo Park

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Main Entrance of the Choi Sai Woo Park

the Commemorative Plaque by the Antiquities Authority in the Choi Sai Woo Park

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Choi Sai Woo Park

Choi Sai Woo Park (Traditional Chinese: 賽西湖公園) 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.

1 Historic background
2 Facilities
3 See also
4 Reference

[edit] 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.

[edit] Facilities

Choi Sai Woo Park is a landscaped garden with a total area of 2,400 m² providing some country freshness among a number of housing estates and schools.

The park is known as a place where students of the nearby schools, St Joan of Arc and Chinese International School. The park was once notorious as the location of brawls between the students of St Joan of Arc and Chinese International School. This has, however, deteriorated in to competitive basketball games between the two schools in recent years^{[citation needed]}.

There are two small basketball courts in the Park. It is notable that the popularity value of these courts is so great that in recent years alumni of Chinese International School have been seen to return to the court on breaks from University.

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. From the road, the view of this playground is partly blocked by a public restroom and an area of dense plantation. For this reason, the children's playground is a popular spot for students to smoke, congregate and talk. A pagoda neighbors the playground. This is also very popular amongst students because the chess table provides a solid surface for students to roll joints, and the pagoda itself is useful in windy or rainy situations.

Choi Sai Woo Park is equipped with several facilities and is surrounded by a number of amenities including the restaurant or tea shop "cha chaan teng", Wan King, PARKnSHOP and 7-Eleven outlets.