Kwai Chung Park

Kwai Chung Park (traditional, simplified, Jyutping: Kwai4 chung1 gung1 jyun2) is a public park currently open to the public in Hong Kong. It is located in the southern part of Kwai Chung, within the Kwai Tsing District of the New Territories, on the site of the former Gin Drinkers Bay landfill, which was decommissioned in 1979. The park is connected to the nearby Kwai Shing Estate by a pedestrian bridge. Plans to transform the landfill into a major town park date back to the 1980s under the British Hong Kong administration. However, just as the project neared completion, the discovery of methane on-site forced authorities to indefinitely postpone its opening. In 2009, a 3.9-hectare section of the site was repurposed as the Hong Kong Jockey Club International BMX Park, which saw only limited public use before being closed in 2010. This area is expected to form the first phase of the park when it reopens. The remainder of the landfill has largely been left abandoned, drawing widespread public concern and criticism. The site was cited twice in reports by the Audit Commission for mismanagement. It wasn’t until 2018 that part of the area was finally developed into a temporary cricket ground. If the entire landfill is eventually incorporated into the park, Kwai Chung Park would span approximately 27 hectares, making it the largest park in Hong Kong—larger than bot

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