Shek Kip Mei Park, Urban park in Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong.
Shek Kip Mei Park is an urban green space with multiple sports facilities scattered throughout its grounds. It features tennis and basketball courts, a rugby field with seating areas, and an amphitheater for events and performances.
The park's northern section opened on 12 June 1982, inaugurated by Law Tak-cheung, chairman of the Urban Council's Recreation Committee. Its southern third phase occupies the site of the Pak Tin temporary housing area, built in 1978 and closed in 1991, and of the post-war expansion of the Shek Kip Mei squatter huts. The indoor sports centre was completed in October 1996 and opened on 1 May 1997.
The park straddles the boundary between Shek Kip Mei and Kowloon Tong, and a small gate on the Kowloon Tong side leads to a hill path up to City University of Hong Kong, open daily from 6 am to 9 am. On the Shek Kip Mei side, five fitness stations, two basketball courts and a hard-surface pitch draw morning exercisers, while the indoor sports centre's climbing wall and playroom are booked by local groups.
The park spans the Shek Kip Mei and Kowloon Tong sides, with a small gate leading to a City University hillside trail open daily from 6am to 9am. Smoking is allowed only in designated smoking areas; the rest of the grounds are smoke-free. The grass rugby-and-soccer pitch has a spectator stand for 1,446 people.
The park straddles the boundary between Shek Kip Mei and Kowloon Tong, and a small gate inside it leads to a hill path up to City University of Hong Kong, open daily from 6 am to 9 am. The indoor sports centre served as the judo and taekwondo venue for the 2009 East Asian Games, held 5–13 December.
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