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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930. REPORT OF THE PLAYING FIELDS COMMITTEE.
BIG DEVELOPMENT OF ABERDEEN VALLEY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
SALE OF CAROLINE HILL AREA SUGGESTED AND OPPOSED.
SHATIN AND NORTH KOWLOON PROPOSALS.
An extremely interesting report has been issued by the Playing Fields Committee over which the Hon. Mr. W, T. Soathorn has presided.
The Committee was a very representative one and has tackled. its subject as broad and generous lines.
The principal proposal is the development of an area of 100 acres in the Aberdeen Valley district at a cost of a million dollars.
The Committee recommend the sale of the Caroline Hill area for building purposes and the proceeds be put to the Aberdeen Valley scheme. Messrs. Lo and Braga, Commander F. H. D. Byron, R... and Capt. C. A. de Linde, R.E., disagree with the sale proposal. The Committee "is unanimous, however, that the Aberdeen scheme should go forward.
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The Polo Club-which has already made generous concessions as to the use of its ground. readily consents to removal to the "Aberdeen district. The Happy Golf Course should stay- with modifications. Further development of the Happy Valley area are also suggested."
OVER IN THE MAINLAND.
For Kowloon the big proposals are:-
1. The development of the Park" to the North of King Edward Road and
North and East of the Police training school.
*. The development in the future. of 100 acres at Shatin.
Other proposals include the use of the land East of Chatham Road as temporary playing felds for the various clubs.
We publish below part of the Committee's proposals and the remainder of the report will be given in our issue of Friday.
"The members of the Committee are as follow:-The Hon. W. T. Southorn, C.31.G., The Hon. Mr. HT. Creasy, O.B,E, The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Commander F. H.. D. Byron, R.N., Capt. C. A. de Linde, R.E., Messrs. R. Hancock, E. Cock, M. K. Lo and A. el Arculli,
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CATERING FOR THE
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spaces. areas
We realize that the subject com- mitted to our consideration is one of much immediate interest to the population of Vistoria and Kow- loon and of the utmost import ance for the future.
The neces- sity for adequate open whether
lungs" overcrowded with buildings or as playing fields for the younger generation of town dwellers has been realized only in recent years, and this has been particularly.the case in Hong Kong where the games spirit has been a recent and very rapid growth of modern times among the large Chinese popula tion of the Colony. The inevitable result has been that the City of Victoria is to-day entirely inade quately supplied either with lungs or with playing fields and even in modern Kowloon there are areas without sufficient 'lungs. It is too late now to remedy the mistakes of the past in Victoria and in some parts of Kowloon except at pro. hibitive cost, but we are fortunately just in time to prevent similar mistakes in the undeveloped areas of Kowloon.
With the example of Victoria bc- fore as we have not hesitated to wake generous recommendations for Kowloon We realize that much of the, land recommended for reserva tion is or will be valuable building land, but we have made our recon- mendations advisedly in order to preserve oases in what may one day, become a world of bricks and mortar. It was to such foresight and to such thought for the future that we owe the beauty of the Lon- don Squares and we should like to see Kowloon no less generously pro- vided with open spaces We have been impressed with the rapidity of the growth of Kowloon and we feel that a provision which may appear excessive to-day may possib- ly prove inadequate even within cur own generation.
SPORTING SPIRIT."
periods of tenure and to make only a general recommendation in the matter of tenure.
HONG KONG
ADEQUACY OF PRESENT LARGE GROUNDS" AND FRESH PROVISION FOR
THE FUTURE.
of at most 10 acres at Caroline Hill an area of at least nine times that extent might be made available for playing fields in Aberdeen "Valley,
we recommedal feed
(a) That Government should proceed to dispose of Caroline Hill for building purposes, and that the proceeds should be used to develop the Aberdeen area. "We agree that the method of disposing of the Caroline Hill area for sale must be left to the consideration of Gov. rnament, and until steps are taken in this direction, we recommend that the area should remain as new available for playing fields and continue to be allotted for short perioda
(b) That whether or not Gov- ernment is willing to provide the funds by the sale of Caroline Hill, it should as funds permit under- take the work of forming and lay. ing out for playing fields the whole area in the Aberdeen Valley, as shown marked on the plan which
usa for polo, and we are informed grounds at Aberdeen or on the that the Polo' Club has offered the Railway Reservation in Kowloon, use of the ground for other games The Caroline Hill site would meet on the whole of Saturdays and Naval requirements but after a full Sundays throughout the year when discussion the Committee by a ma- the ground is not ordinarily usedjority vote considered the area to be by the Polo Club. and subject to too valuable for a permanent re- no serious damage being done to servation as a playing field and the turf. We realize further the nade the recommendation" for it's importance of the game of Pola sal, which is set out in paragraph in the training of Army Officers 11(a) of this report. The only. and would be loth to do anything recommendation which the Com- that would impede the continued mittes felt able to make on behalf existence of the game in the Colony of the Navy is that recommended We understand from the Club's re- in paragraph 18. -presentatives however that if an alternative ground is offered in the Aberdeen Valley the Club would have no objection to transferring there, it stables remaining where they are now and ponies being walked out to the new ground prior
to play.
The Polo Ground.
THE MAINLAND.
"THE PARK "AND BOUND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD.
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We find that to the immediate We recommend therefore that north and east of the Police Train- when a space is made available in
ing School on the east side of the the Aberdeen Valley, the Polo Club, Taipo Road and north of Prince" as now occupying" ground which
Edward Road, and again on the might more suitably be allotted to
west of the Taipo Road in the same other clubs with more numerous vicinity, there are tracts of already membership, should be re-allotted levelled Crown land together with a ground at Aberdeen, and that a large expanse of hilly undeveloped meanwhile the Pole Club should land, marked on the Town Develop- continue in the use of its present ment Plan as a Park, extending ground. We would deprecate how along the east of the railway to ever the strict fencing in of the the base of the foot-hills on the present ground by any new allot-north. To serve the growing needs tees in such a way as to prevent of the Sham Shui Po and Mong its present use as a playground by Kak district we accordingly re the children of the neighbourhood commend this on the west Taipo unless an alternative public play Road the land bounded by the ground is provided.
future Cheung Sha Wan Road, Boundary Street, Wu Chau Street and Wong Chuk Street, and on the east of the Taipo Road the whole of the ares behind the building frontages on Taipo and Prince Edward Roads to the immediate north and enst of the Police Train- ing School together with the area. covered by the Park and the hilly as to the immediate north of the Park, as marked on the plan which forma Appendix II. to this report, should be permanently reserved by Government as recreation grounds." Much of this land is hilly and un- developed and can only be regarded
We have been struck with the very congested state of the ground at prosent used by various cricket clubs and a football club at the north cd of Happy Valley. We recommend therefore that as large an area as possible of the land at the base of Morrison Hill at the junction of Morrison Hill Road and Gap Read should be reserved as an open space to provide for ex- tensions of the overcrowded play ing field area now occupied by the Civil Service, the Police," the 'Hong Kong Football' Clubs.
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It has been represented to us that the stable of the Mounted Infantry reservation for the future deve- Company on Queen's Recreation fopment of a Park area for this | Ground detract seriously from the district. Parts however are
amenities of the Chinese Recreation ready levelled and parts are now Club and prevent-much needed ex-being levelled. We recommend that such 'areas as are at present suitable tension of the playing fields area in this neighbourhood. Te cone at once made available for alloca sider that this representation is
tion by the permanent Recreation fustified" and "recommend that Gov.
Grounds Committee. We further ernment should if possible provide recommend that the possibility of alternative accommodation for these utilizing the less developed area as stables elsewhere.
a municipal golf course be explored as soon as the present levelling operations are finished. In this
golf course hut came to the conclu- connection we considered a proposal for the formation of a miniature
sion that is was not likely to meet with popular support.
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Happy Valley Golf Course.
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club of With regard to the use by the Happy Valley, we consider that us this was the original home of the Club, and the course here performs in some respects the functions of
a municipal golf course, being con. venient of access and involving players in the minimum of expense for travelling and thus allowing many to play the game and obtain exercise who could not otherwise
is attached to this report as Ap-afford to do so, the Club should not pendix I. We do not consider that be required to give up playing here road diversion is essential to the
uny more than is absolutely neces project in its early stages.
We find that since 1025 the larger portions of an already formed building site at Careline Hill of approximately 10 acres in extent have been allotted on annual per mit to two Clubs as playing fields. We understand that this site was intended originally to be the site for the new Queen's College for which other sites have since been considered while the liuilding of the College bas heel postponed for financial reasons, that, including part of the cost of the approach sum of $214,000 has road, the already been spent by Government on its formation, and that if the whole area was cleared and made
and ether incidental expenses met, suitable for recreation purposes
(e) That if Government cannot the total cost of the aite would see its way immediately or in the amount to not less that $200,000, near future to undertake at the We understand further that the
cost of public funds the whole pro- value of the site as building land!ject, it should begin as soon as is approximately 1 million dollars, We have noticed that this area is situated in a district of which very large portion is devoted to playing fields, and that there are open spaces all around, Happy Valler, Queen's Recreation Ground and Sonkanpoo Recreation Ground all being in the inmediate neigb bourhood.
IN ABERDEEN VALLEY,
in the Aberdeen Valley there is a We find on the other hand that
large tract of Bat Crown land at present held by cultivators in small Throughout our enquiries and in
lots on short term permits, and. formulating our recommendations that an additional large fat area we have been guided by the follow-might be obtained by reclaiming ing principles:
the swamp at the sinner end of (a) Where there is at present Aberdeen Channel and placing a ground only temporarily allowed causeway across the estuary here to be used for the purpose of play at a spot indicated by the Director ing gaines, to consider whether such of Public Works whilst still leay ground should be permanently ing ample room for the shelter of given over for this purpose, or Chinese small craft in rough wea whether it could not more advant ther. We understand that there ageously in the Colony's interest be have been various proposals made used in some other way, c.g. for in past years for the development building purposes.
of this land as 'garden city, a race course, or. & golf course, but we are of opinion that it would be best utilized as an area for Play
them.
sary.
It was suggested to us how. over, that the cluo might be willing to forego the use of the ground for perhaps one or two afternoons weak in the summer months so that those who wish to play football. or baseball during the summer might have "ground" available. We consulted the Golf Club in the mat- per and it replied that it was wil- ling to give up the use Happy
possible with the work of training the nullab and with such site forma tion as might be connected there with. Should any Clubs then be desirous of taking up playing fields sites in the valley in accordance Valley on Saturday afternoons next with an approved lay out, forming summer for one season as an ex- the sites at their own expense, we periment. We understand that the facilitate such projects by the grant Committee will make use of this recommend that Government should
permanent Recreation Grounds
of long cases at a nominal rental with a guarantee of reasonable re- imbursement if it should be neces
ary to resume the land before the expiry of the lease.
(d) That as the usefulness of the Aberdeen Valley area for play ing fields would depend largely on convenience of access the Govern. suitable for motor traffic from ment should construct a short-cat Wongneighong Gap to Aberdeen. We understand that a suitable trace following generally the lines of the distance from Wongneichong Gap bridle path is possible, and that the
to the new playing fields at Aber- by about one half. We understand deen Valley could thus be reduced that the making of this road would add $100,000 do the cost of the scheme outlined above."
offer in its work of allotment for Bext season.
Argyle Street and extending south We find that at the east end of
to Ma Tau Chung Road there is another area of already levelled Crown land. We have selected a suitable portion of this land, about 20 acres in extent marked on the plan which forms Appendix III and, leaving the building frontage available on Argyle Street and Ma Tau Chung Road, we recommend that Government should permanent- yeserve this area to serve as n playing field area for the Kowloon City district.
We recommend also that a small area should be reserved for allot. building frontage of Argyle Street. ment as a playing field behind the
and opposite the Kowloon Hospital on the site originally proposed for. a cemetery but now abandoned for this purpose.
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of the Radway and just by Yau- We notice that west of the Dioce Sun Boys School on the west side mati Railway station there is a piece of land reserved on the Town Our last recommendation in TA Development Plan for a Railway gard to the recreation grounds in yard. We understand that there is the Happy Valley--Queen's Reerin no immediate prospect of this land a scheme has materialised for pro tion Ground district is that when being required, for Railway pur- poses and we recommend that so widing further extension of play- much of it as can be used as a
bility of locating the Navy Recrea ing fields on the south side of the playground should be made avail- island at Aberdeen Valley the possi-able for allotment on annual per- tion Club on a permanant ground
mit.
of its own on some of the grounds thus rendered vacant or available
In addition to the above mention- on the Victoria side of the island
ed areas, which might be made al- should be given every considers most immediately available for use tions. that the Navy has hitherto as playing fields on the south side settled ground of its own, and that that it is also necessary to bear in been unfortunate in having no of the Kowloon hills we consider It is desirable that the men of the mind the needs of the more distant". Navy, who cannot afford much in future when Kowloon will have
tional facilities convenient to their should have their outdoor recrea the way of travelling expenses, grown into a large city with a teem
present indoor headquarters or
ing population requiring yet more entensive playing field areas. Such clubs, and within a reasonable dis-
areas can only be found on the
dations we wish it to be understood In making the above recommen: that we do not imply that the de velopment of the Aberdeen Valley scheme is to be entirely dependent from the sale of Caroline Hill but
tance from their ships." money being made available rather that the sale of Caroline Hill offers
means of financing the are expeditious completion of the scheme by Government.
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HAPPY VALLEY AND QUEEN'S'
RECREATION GROUNDS.
(6) Where there are permanent playing fields at present existing to consider whether they could not be extended, or whether better use ing Fields. for games could not be made ol The Director of Public Works
has furnished us with a plan show (c) In areas still awaiting de-ing auch land in this neighbour velopment to consider what ground food as night most suitably and it was practicable to make available cheaply be formed, levelled, and re- with little expense almost immedi- claimed for the purpose on the ately, both to relieve congestion south side of the motor road. We elsewhere and to provide for the understand that an arer of 35 acres future needs of the growing dis might be levelled and the earth tricts in which they are situated, deposited as filling on a further and at the same time to consider 55 acres making a total of 10 acres. whether any other land on the out- With regard to cost we understand skirts of these districts might be that a road 'diversion would cost reserved against more distant con- about $35,000, nullah-training which We have given very careful con- tingencies and not for immediate would be indispensable, would cost sideration to the question of how about 8300,000, and the work of the area at present allotted to the (d) In the already thickly-po- levelling constructing a capseway Polo Club at Queen's Recreation pulated urban districts to consider across the channel, and turfing Ground could most fairly and, use what open spaces might still be about 8875.000 making a total of fully the employed for the purposes preserved as analler children's about 81.010.000. The work would of recreation. We have noticed playgrounds and generally na take from three to five years to that whilst this area is on the one lungs' to the various localities, complete: if the scheme was under-hand nominally reserved for a com- (e) To leave as far as possible taken as a whole, according to paratively small body, viz. the to the discretion of the permanent the nature of the ground to be explaying members of the Polo Club, Recreation Grounds Committee all cavated and filled in.:
in reality it forms a playground ́detailed questions of individual ali
Since therefore for less than the for many hundreds of children of lolments to Clube and individual price as building land of an area the locality, when not in actuat
tise.
matter
Needs of the Navy. The Committee devoted special attention to the need of the Navy in the
cf Recreation Grounds, as the inadequacy of the present position was strongly urged. It was pointed out that during the winter there are sometimes as many as 3,000 Naval ratings to be pro- vided for. The Naval representa tive considered it to be essential that the grounds provided should be giren ou a long enough tenure to justify improvement at the 'ex- penze of Naval Funds, that they should be within easy access of the Harbour, and preferably on the Hong Kong side on which the Naval Clubs and Canteen are already situated..
These requirements do not admit of easy fullment and rule out the possibility of meeting the wishes of the Navy by the allocation of
The More Distant Future..
north of the Kowloon hills and the
only possible area convenient of access both by rail and road ap pears to be afforded by the tidal fats at the bead of Tide Cove. We understand that a causeway across the inlet from the present main road near Shatin Railway Station to the opposite shore is projected in connection with the proposed Saikung Road. This would afford & convenient opportunity for re- claiming the land above the cause- way and while we do not consider that playing field areas are at pro sunt required here we strongly re commend that an area of 100 acres be definitely set apart for future playing fields and preserved from alienation, The area should have casy access from Shatin Railway Station and from the motor road. The area should reserved on the development plans as soon as the exact line of the causeway "io settled, an
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