V.—Hongkew for Use and Beauty: Some History: Laying-out in 1903 and Progress Since: Daintiness and Delight but No Swank: The Recreational Side By Louge Not the least part of the charms of Hongkew Park, a generous expanse of greenery encompassed in some 265 mow of land near the Rifle Range, is the quality of yualness which it immediately impresses upon a visitor to its shaded lanes and spacious lawns. Perhaps this-care-free going about of business—the business of furnishing playing space to innumerable recreation seekers who frequent it—is due to the very fact that when the park began it was called the Hongkew Recreation Ground to avoid confusion with the then massed for spring, summer and autumn, so that the essential characteristic of the park will not be lost in insignificant prettiness. For the Hongkew Park, while casual enough, is also a bold believer in its own sturdiness and will have nothing short of a vivid expression.
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