LUNA
PARK
DESCRIPTION
THE "SKY ROOM”
AND TERRACES
General view of the Sky Room,
There is probably nothing which marks the progress and growth of a city more significantly than the scope, the variety and the number of places of entertainment provided for its populace.
It was not so many years ago that visitors to Hong Kong were shocked to discover that aside from the two or three cinemas on Queen's Road, a similar number in Kowloon, and one or two Chinese theatres, the only enter- tainment available was that provided by the hotels for dining and dancing, and that only to midnight except on special occasions. The increase in numbers of cinemas erected within the past few years alone, particularly in the outlying districts, shows how rapidly Hong Kong is developing and, what is more to the point, how the standard of living is rising.
With the completion of Luna Park a further step has been taken in the entertainment field, which brings Hong Kong more in line with other metropolitan centres, Luna Park, the whole development of which covers about four acres in the very conveniently located district of North Point, consists of a section that is the park proper in which are located the usual amusement park attractions such as
the ferries wheel, roller coaster and other rides, merry-go- rounds, booths containing games of every description and various novelties to entertain and delight the plebian mind. By far the most important section of the park however, is that known as the "Sky Room" which is a ball room and night club specially designed for and catering to that element of Hong Kong's population which demands some- thing more opulent and entertaining for its edification and is willing and able to pay for it.
The whole project forms part of an ambitious scheme to provide Hong Kong with an amusement centre, attractive both in summer and in winter and located reasonably close to the centre of population. The site chosen is approxi- mately two miles east of the centre of the city between King's Road and the sea-front.
The "Sky Room" is built at the western end of the area on a small hill formerly surmounted by a fort; it is a substantially constructed building containing the night club's restaurant and dance floor. The top of the hill was cut off and vertical walls of squared granite, in some places 20′0′′ high, were built around this hill. On this built-up plateau rests the circular building whilst the walls support
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(Above) A view of the entrance hall and lounge to
the Sky Room,
Belour) One of the dining room lounges.
› Lefty Plan of the Sky Room, terraces and entrances.
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