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West End Park was one of the sites proposed for HKU
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West End Park was one of the sites proposed for HKU - but rejected:
"It is buried between 3 hills, it is one of the very hottest spots in Hong Kong (I have 21 years experience), its position is very noisy and the area inadequate"
Lugard in Hong Kong: empires, education and a governor at work, 1907-1912
http://books.google.com/books?id=TzHC60bHGy8C&pg=PA58&dq=%22west+end+park%22+hong+kong&hl=en&ei=2jluTejSO4m8vwPf8PC9AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22west%20end%20park%22%20&f=false
Construction Date
West end park was constructed in 1898. Two gentlemen, failing to acquire the land for building, donated $2,500 for the creation of the park if the government did the same. The site was extensively landscaped with a road constructed from the end of Robinson Road to Lower Richmond Road (today Lyttelton Road)
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