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Kowloon Park
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
The Kowloon Park is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Kowloon Park, standing on a small hill in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, covers an area of 14 hectares, is a former site of a military barracks. It was open to public in 1989 and it is the most popular park in Kowloon, where many territory-wide functions are regularly held. The park is managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The park was formerly a site of Whitfield Camp barracks for British force with a battery Kowloon West Battery II on its west side.
Kowloon Park, a welcome respite from the crowds of Tsim Sha Tsui, is located above street level, the park has extensive recreation and sports facilities, including Chinese style gardens, an aviary, a sculpture exhibit, an air-conditioned game hall and an indoor heated Olympic-sized swimming pool complex and sport center, which are often used for some international sport events. They have an outdoor swimming pool as well.
The major open-air attraction is the Sculpture Walk. Its displays include striking works by local sculptors and a magnificent bronze statue by Scotland's Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. Particularly inviting is also the bird lake crowded with beautiful pink lesser flamingos and ducks is particularly striking. The former Kowloon West Battery II was converted into a children's adventure playground in Kowloon Park. Kowloon Park is also home to the Urban Council Health Education Exhibition and Resource Center, where you can see interactive exhibits on health and Hygiene.
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