An oasis of green amid the urban landscape, Hong Kong Park features an aviary, greenhouse, the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, fountains, lily ponds, playgrounds, a restaurant and even a marriage registry. The aviary features more than 150 species of birds in a carefully designed tropical . Hong Kong Island’s Central hosts a number of terrific tourists attractions. It takes some time getting used to all the urban landscape and how small you feel. On the third day of my little sister’s visit to Hong Kong, we spent the day touring Central, Hong Kong Park and taking the tram up to Victoria’s Peak.
An oasis of green amid the urban landscape, Hong Kong Park features an aviary, greenhouse, the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, fountains, lily ponds, playgrounds, a restaurant and even a marriage registry. The aviary features more than 150 species of birds in a carefully designed tropical “rainforest”.
This
Park, being built at a cost of $398 million and opened in May 1991, covers 8
hectares in Central and is an outstanding example of modern design and
facilities blending with the natural landscape.
A further attraction is the way
of flowing water, which has been employed as a thematic motif to link the
different features of the park by waterfalls, streams, ponds and cliffs from
artificial rocks.
The Park has preserved a number of garrison buildings built
between 1842 and 1910. The buildings included the formerly residence of the
Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces known as the Flagstaff House
(currently accommodating the Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware), the Rawlinson
House (currently accommodating the Park Management Office and the Cotton Tree
Drive Marriage Registry), the Wavell House (currently accommodating the
Education Centre) and the Cassels Block (currently accommodating the Hong Kong
Visual Arts Centre).
At the centre of the Park, visitors can see an artificial lake
and a waterfall, which were built on the site of a tennis court of the former
garrison. Walking along the lakeside path and up the steps in the direction of
Central, visitors will find the Olympic Square, the Park Management Office and
the Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry. In the central part of the Park, two
modernised major facilities, namely the Conservatory and the Aviary, were built
on the hillside adjacent to the Tai Chi Garden and the Vantage Point. They form
a distinctive architectural complex in the Park.
Flagstaff House
Currently accommodating the Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware.
Rawlinson House
Currently accommodating the Park Management Office and the
Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry.
Rawlinson House was built in the 1900s as two Warrant Officer’s
Married Quarters. These were combined in the 1960s to provide a residence for
the Chief of Staff, who was also Deputy Commander British Forces. The building
was preserved in the development stage in the 1980s. The Ground Floor has been
turned into Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry and the First Floor is now
being used as the Park Management Office.
Wavell House
Ccurrently accommodating the Education Centre.
Cassels Block
Currently accommodating the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.
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