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"REFORM OF THE PLAYING FIELDS.
COMMITTEE.
(CONTINUED. FROM PAGE 6.)
Usefulness of Scokumpoo Established.
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We have, wo hope, said enough to show that Caroline Hill should (c) The recommendation that ba retained as a permanent recrea-
Carolina Hill should be kaeri- tion ground, subject to any im feed in favour of the Aber- perative public nerds of the Colouý, deen Valley scheine on the As we agree with paragraph 7 (2) ground that the latter pro- of the Report, namely, to leave us vides nine times the area far as possible to the discretion of which the former does is to the permanent Recreation Grounds our mind unsound, because Committee all detailed questions of of the vital question of ac
individual allotments we are anzi.. crasibility. The distance of ous not to depart from this policy. Aberdeen Valley and its dif- We feel, however, constrained to ex. ficulty of access, in point of press our decided opinion sa to the time and expense, as compar strong moral claim of the S.C.A.4. ed with Unroline Hill which to the retention of the present allot. thousands reach from their ment for the following reasons;-- offices, and tho. Naval men We understand that it was only from the ships in the har- | after protracted negotiations, and bour and the soldiers from, also after the site had been offered their barracks and their soci-for use by Naval ratings and re- al headquarters within cityjected by the Navy because of the limits by easy methods of enpense involved in preparing and mass transportation, such as laying it out as a playing field, the existing tram and bus that the S.C.A.A., at the risk of services, militates against being dispossessed of their tempor. whatever other advantages ary tepure, agreed to the Govern that may reasonably be claim- ment's terms and conditions, and ed for the Aberdeen Inlet spent large sums of money in site Scheme. To the majority of formation, Yock blasting, and in frequenters of Sookunpee levelling and turfing it so as to Valley for purposes of aport renders if suitable for a playing the cost of a journey to and field. The Association has been in from Aberdeen (which is a perspation of the site since Decem ber 1997 and is maintaining the ground in A manner reflecting credit on its management,
real consideration because of the smallness of their wages) would be prohibitive, not to speak of the time, lost in a winter evening when dark Dess sets in at a much earlier hour of the day. The popu- larity of Aberdeen Valley for the purposes of sport remains to The Broved: the usefulness of Sookunpoo for the like purpose is established, and its attractions can never be last because no other large sized fint land is any longer available on the Island and so favourably situated Caroline Hill for purposes of
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We think suitable areas can be found as follows:-
(a) At the corner of Wai Ching und Saigon Streets perhaps 6,000 square feet, (b) Area bounded by Canton Road, Battery and Public Square streets. About one third of this area, in its centre, is taken up by'a cheop Chinese Cinema theatre. (e) West of Shanghai Street and South of Waterloo Road is a small area which would be very suitable for a smull playground.. (d) Between Argyle Street, and Mongkok Police Station on Nathan Road is an area part ly occupied by a dilapidated and unsightly building and enclosure which would make a good recreation ground.
Homuntin
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Little is required in this back water-the type of residences, and the ground they occupy being am. ple for private enterprise to do what is necessary; but the small square should be tidied up at public expense and seats could be arrang- ed at the base of the railway em- bankment on the east side.
level and would call for the mini- mum expenditure. There is other ground in Kowloon notably the railway ground at torraced into,
courts.
I would suggest a start with. three courts at each of these places.
The cost of construction and rün? ning these courts would be a minute fraction of Government expendi ture and I see no reason why they should be refused on the ground that they may not be self support- ing although I believe that in the course of time they will be so, be aides, a given area will serve more people if it is divided up into courts for tennis and such like games than if it were kept for football and I submit that the necessity is as great as public bath- ing beaches and the seasonable operations of the one could coincide with the termination of the other. thereby using the game staff throughout the year.
I have already put these. points before the Kowloon Residents' as- sociation to get their views, and they were unanimous in their sup- port to such a scheme.
Showing the popularity of tennis in three important clubs, viz: the Kowloon Tong.
Hong Kong Cricket Club, Kowloon We believe areas are availableball Club the secondary game of Cricket Club, and Kowloon Foot- here which could be appropriated. tennis is played by probably more for public recreation on the car- thern side of the Estate. This members than the name sport of should be done, but the district is
the particular club, and I submit. that the sporting instinct, the spirit open and well kept and calls more for a playing field than an open mensely developed by providing of playing the game would be im space such as we are chiefly deal public facilities for a game which ing with.
can be played by both sexes, à de velopment with benefits out of all propertion to the expenditure.
A member of this Sub-Committee We need hardly enlarge on the fact elicited, the information from the that the Chinese, in proportion to Chairman, at the meeting of the the number of the Colony's popula. General Committee on November 4, tion and also of their proportionate that the hill within Kowloon Tong contribution to the revenue of the Estate, marked on the Town-plan- Colony by way of rates and taxes, ning lap, as reserved for Railway are inadequately provided for in
purposes, will be cut down to road the matter of public recreation level and be maintained as a park. grounds. The Playing Fields Com. We are definitely of opinion that mittee recognise the cramped area
this aren, as well as all others with within, which the Chinese Reures-in the Estate, intended for play- tion Club is confined in ite allot-grounds and lungs should be per ment in Queen's Recreation groundmanently reserved as such, by legis- at Causeway Bay. Apart from Iative 0.3
ennetment if necessary, that allotment and another emall against building encroachments in allotment inside the Race Course (d) The very terms of our refer.in Hong Kong, and two allotments"
sport.
ence demand of us that we
should "roview the provision at present existing for play ing fields in Hong Kong and on the Mainland:" we there fore regard it as our duty to consider the adequacy or otherwise of playing fields in the city. This of
course,
sup-
in Kowloon," the Chinese, who are taking very extensively to open not enjoy the facilities comparable air games and outdoor sports, do to the other sections of the com- munity. That Caroline Hill par cinity, though, inadequately, plies the want which had been felt very keenly there can be no deny ing, and the S.C.A.A.'s depriva is an entirely non-racial question of the Caroline Hill allotment tion: but the fact that would be a serious hardship on the rapidly growing number of 4,000 odd members who at present Chinese, who constitute such make up that Association, and a large proportion of the powhose numbers are constantly on. pulation of Hong Kong, is the increase. taking up Sport, must be an important factor on the ques tion of adequacy. Chinese Allotment Inadequate.. It is interesting to note that of the total acreage of 87.33 acres available for allotment by the per- manent Recreation Ground -Com- mittee only 144 per cent, has been uilotted to Chinese. This does include ground such as the long kong Cricket Club and thờ Kow loon Football Club, which do not come within the permanent Recrea tion Grounds Committee. If the approximate area of these grounds were also included the percentage allotted to the Chinese would be even less. The following summary shows the present allotments:-
Acres.
........... 24.24
Aren at Wong Nei Chong
R.G, Arch at Caroline HBIR.G. €37 Ared at Queen's R.G. ...... 11.87 Are at Soukanpoe Valley
R.G.
10.36. Are at King's Park R.G. 34.49
Total
87.03.
Per Ácres. cent 99.94 or 28 9.53 or 11 13.68 or 131 12.07 or 1'11
Allotted tex
(1) British
(2) Army
(3) Navy
(4) Chinese
(5) Schools and other 114. Honalities. 20.49 Pofior & St. Joseph's Collegd...... 1.2
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99.91 of 254
87.33 or 100
If the present allotment with an area of about 5 acres, to the 5.0.4.A were withdrawn, the total aren of playing fields now enjoy ed by the Chinese in Hong Kong and Kowloon would only amount to about 8 acres out of the total of about 89 acres.
Moral Claims of 5.0.A‚A.
In paragraph 4 of the Report it has been pointed out that the neces- sity for adequate open spaces has been realised only in recent years and that "this has been particular-
Apart from our disagreement on the specific suggestion for aliena- tion of Caroline Hill, for the rea sons detailed in this Reservation we concur in the general views and recommendations embodied in the Report.
J. P. BRAGAT M. K. LO. D. Byron, R.N., and Captain C.A. Reservation by Commander F. H. de Linde, R.E.
We do not concur in the pro.. posal for the sale of Caroline Hill for the purpose of developing the Aberdeen area.
F. H. D. BYRON C. A de LINDE.
REPORT OF THE KOWLOON
SUB-COMMITTEE. -
NOT THE SAME CONGESTION.
The sub-committee, has come to the following general conclu- sions:-
(i) That there is not the same congestion in Kowloon 45 there is in Hong Kong, prin. cipally because the roads are wide and here and there are dotted oases of low buildings or even no buildings at sil. Many of the intersecting roads terminate on the water front and these open ends do give a feeling of airiness' which is not so marked on the Hong Kong side.
(6) That small open spaces dotted
over the peninsula are posat ble and desirable.
South of Austin ́Road. Dealing, firstly, with that por tion of the peninsula south" of Austin Rond, we recommend that the following spaces be kept clear for all time-
(4) The triangular space bound- ed by Humphreys Buildings, Cameron Buildings and Em. press Lodge.
(b) The rectangular space bound- "ed by Nathan Road, Gran-
future.
We have not been able to over- haul the remainder of the Penin- aula. Some portions have already Committee, for example: the re been dealt with by the General claimed swamp near the proposed Nathan Square and other ground the Prince Edward Road region, at both ends of the road.
We have recommended what we consider are minimum requirements for public grounds. There Are many other areas which we have examined bul, for one reason or other, do not recommend... We hold the opinion that certain of the spaces we have named should be resumed from private ownership at an early date.
J. P. BRAGA, E. COCK, Kowloon Sub-Committee, Playing Fields Committee.
PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS.
MR. COCKS' PLEA FOR
CHINESE PLAYERS.
I beg to request the Committee to nak the Government to provide pub-. lie tennis courts. It is impossible for anyone who does not belong to. loue or other of the many clubs to
get a game of tennis, probably the. most international of all games. I ain sure, although I cannot prove it, that there are many Chinese who, educated in one or other of the foreign schools cannot get op- portunities to play tennis which they probably have learnt at school and there are other nationals also who are similarly situated.
Publie Municipal tennis courts are provided at Shanghai, New York, Chiengo, Vancouver and I understand Australia as well as at home. The game is one which can be and is played by artificial light and courts on which play was pos sible up to, any 10 p.m. would be'a boon to people who generally work until a p.m. or later and whom darkness prevents from having any other daily exercise than a walk when their evening meal is over. In King's Park there is ground which is unsuitable for football, which, if made into tennis courts would stop footballs from going into the roads. The ground I re- fer to is at the South end of the two public football grounds--it is
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the case in Hong Kong where the games spirit has been a repent We also recommend that portions and very rapid growth of modern of the Railway Ground on the cast times among the large Chinese po side of the railway be utilised forth- "Admit with for public recreation grounds, pulation of the Colony." TELL THE SHROFF tedly it is too late now to remedy the position having the advantage the mistakes of the past in Victoria of being near at hand. The tenure and in some parts of Kowloon ex of these grounds could be short; at cept at prohibitive cost. We con present large areas are doing no A few turns of the handle and your sider that the alienation of Caro-service at all. We should like the blade is ready-ready with the keen- line Hill would be one of those Naval representative to say whe- est cutting edge that steel can take. grave mistakes over which it would ther these grounds could bo
to make out a Chit for 37.50 and send it with Four Home Address to 11, Ice House Street, In return, we will mad Fon the Weekly Pren for Bix Months
be futile to lament in future. We adequately made use of by men of consider that the site is an ideal the China Squadron, the only thing one for recreation purposes and that excepting for a very urgent wanting, to our minds, being a pier
for, direct access. public purpose, any policy advocat- ing the sacrifice of Caroline Hill for a monetary consideration would bo subversive to the sporting in- terests of the community.
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In Hong Kong, until recent areas large enough for cricket or connoted football: grounds were at least large enough for one tennis court.
It has been demonstrated, how. ever, that arcas even smaller than purpose for certain games, such as a tennis court may be used to good
volley ball and basket ball, and- that these games are suitable for general play. They are interesting to players and watchers, foster a teain spirit, and are corducive to mental alertness.
At the Chinese Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street. a small ground (60' x 60') has been used for these games for sixteen years with good results Every year during the period more ferent schools, have made use of than 1.000 boys, from 10 to 15 dif
this ground, under supervision, at stated periods. In other places even maller grounds have been similarly used."
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Many cities have grounds for smaller children equipped with up- paratus, such as swing, see-saws as well. A beginning should bë etc., but these grounds require made with a few plots only, say, more supervision and are unsuit- two in Hong Kong and two inable for Hong Kong at present. Kowloon.
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Suggestions for Management.
The following scheme is suggested for the management of these grounds:-
I. That # 'Smal! Playing Grounds Association' be formed, to provide equipment and to control any grounda that might be allotted to it, either for temporary or per- manent use. One such cen- tral control is important, as overlapping in appeals to a community is objectionable and should be obviated.
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