This photo shows the site of King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) in 1948. Shortly after opening Hong Kong was invaded and occupied by the Japanese. Wikipedia refers that the park was partly destroyed and used as a refuse dump. In 1948 it looks as if the site has been cleared already. Only a pavilion and a small building survived the war.
In 2011 I took a photo of a pavilion inside the park
I wonder if this is the one from the 1948 photo, but likely not.
Google Maps description claims there is a statue inside the park of King George V, but I didn’t see one when visiting recently. Did the Japanese destroy it in the war?
In Kowloon there is a sufficiently unalienated space at the Northern end of Canton Road just before it joins Jordan Road. It contains at present some rocky hummocks but, given funds, these can be easily levelled off or converted into terrace gardens........
Article on the Official Scheme in the Hong Kong Telegraph 26 October 1936. See here
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Opening of King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon)
The park was opened on 11 June 1941. HK Daily Press 12 June 1941 refers.
pavilion inside King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon)
This photo shows the site of King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) in 1948. Shortly after opening Hong Kong was invaded and occupied by the Japanese. Wikipedia refers that the park was partly destroyed and used as a refuse dump. In 1948 it looks as if the site has been cleared already. Only a pavilion and a small building survived the war.
In 2011 I took a photo of a pavilion inside the park
I wonder if this is the one from the 1948 photo, but likely not.
Google Maps description…
Google Maps description claims there is a statue inside the park of King George V, but I didn’t see one when visiting recently. Did the Japanese destroy it in the war?
re: Google Maps description…
The newspaper report of the park's opening that Moddsey mentioned (see page 12) says:
I guess that would have been removed during the Japanese occupation.
I don't know of any statue of the king in the park, so it sounds like a mistake on the Google Map.
Planning of King George V Park (Kowloon)
In Kowloon there is a sufficiently unalienated space at the Northern end of Canton Road just before it joins Jordan Road. It contains at present some rocky hummocks but, given funds, these can be easily levelled off or converted into terrace gardens........
Article on the Official Scheme in the Hong Kong Telegraph 26 October 1936. See here