Tamar Park, Urban park in Admiralty, Hong Kong
Tamar Park is a 17,000-square-metre urban park in Admiralty, Hong Kong, built on 80% of the Tamar site public space. It has a broad lawn with scattered slim trees, a wide light-grey paved walkway, shallow grey stone steps with a dark metal handrail, and a small amphitheatre with a wooden performance area and about 240 seats. The Central Government Complex and the Legislative Council Complex stand adjacent.
The Tamar Development Project was revived after Chief Executive Donald Tsang's 2006 policy address proposed moving the Central Government Offices, Legislative Council Building and Chief Executive's Office to the Tamar site. The design 'Tamar for Public', based on 'Land always Green', was accepted; construction began in February 2008 and the park opened on 10 October 2011, after the government offices were inaugurated by Vice Premier Li Keqiang on 18 August 2011.
The park's planting includes Bauhinia blakeana, the floral emblem of Hong Kong, alongside Chukrasia tabularis, Michelia chapensis, Cinnamomum camphora, Ficus microcarpa and Bauhinia variegata, with about 400 trees of different varieties across the Tamar site. The lawn is Axonopus compressus. The iBakery Gallery Café, run by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, occupies a gallery space in the park.
The park is bounded by Harcourt Road, Legislative Council Road, Tim Mei Avenue, Tim Wa Avenue and Lung Wo Road, with the Central Government Complex and Legislative Council Complex alongside. Paths are paved and level, and shallow stone steps with a metal handrail link the lower walkway to the raised lawn. The open lawn and amphitheatre seating for about 240 people face Victoria Harbour and the Tsim Sha Tsui skyline to the north.
Between 2012 and 2013, five public artworks chosen through a 2010 open call were installed in the park. The lawn is planted with Axonopus compressus, a broad-leaved grass, alongside about 400 trees of species such as Chukrasia tabularis, Michelia chapensis, Cinnamomum camphora, Ficus microcarpa and Bauhinia blakeana.
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