The area selected for Victoria is the beautiful garden of the present Government Civil Hospital, which will no longer be required when the Queen Mary Hospital opens next year. The Maternity Block and Medical Officer's quarters can be demolished and then there will be room for three playgrounds and (if funds permit) for a paddling pool, without encroachment on the fine lawn that already exists. The many lovely trees which luckily escaped mutilation by the recent typhoon, would of course be preserved in any future layout.
Article on the Official Scheme in the Hong Kong Telegraph 26 October 1936. See here
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Planning of King George V Park (Victoria)
The area selected for Victoria is the beautiful garden of the present Government Civil Hospital, which will no longer be required when the Queen Mary Hospital opens next year. The Maternity Block and Medical Officer's quarters can be demolished and then there will be room for three playgrounds and (if funds permit) for a paddling pool, without encroachment on the fine lawn that already exists. The many lovely trees which luckily escaped mutilation by the recent typhoon, would of course be preserved in any future layout.
Article on the Official Scheme in the Hong Kong Telegraph 26 October 1936. See here