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Phone
  
+852 2898 7560

Chai Wan Park

Address
  
Yee Shun St, Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Hours
  
Open today · Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hours

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Chai Wan Park (Chinese: 柴灣公園) is one of the largest park in Hong Kong. Located in Chai Wan of Hong Kong, it occupies 6.55 hectares. Completed by Urban Council on 21 April 1993, the park is now managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department, a department of Hong Kong Government.

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Rc model boats in chai wan park


History

The park was the former site of Chaiwan Campsite of The Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch (present-day The Scout Association of Hong Kong) in 1929. The hill in the site thus known as Tung Kwan Shan (童軍山; "Scout Hill") in Cantonese. In 1970, the Government decided to develop Chai Wan and the associate returned the site to the government and got a site in Tai Tam in exchange. The hill was demolished in the 1980s and the shore nearby was reclaimed for the construction of the park.

The park was opened in 1993.

Facility

The park has a lily pond in the middle.

References

Chai Wan Park Wikipedia