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MacPherson Stadium () is an indoor stadium that plays an important role to the development of youth recreation in 
The stadium is within Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre (). It is adjacent to the Macpherson Playground () which has a football pitch and acts as a gathering place for youth. The stadium is managed by the Hong Kong Playground Association.
It hosted the official 1983 Asian Basketball Championship.
The stadium was opened by the Governor Sir Alexander Grantham on 7 September 1953, while the foundation stone was laid by the
The site was redeveloped into MacPherson Place, a complex comprising the new MacPherson Stadium (), a youth centre, and two residential towers (1A and 1B), collectively named MacPherson Residence (). Developed by Kowloon Development and the Hong Kong Playground Association, it comprises 293 apartments. The address of MacPherson Place is 38 Nelson Street. The foundation stone of its predecessor, Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre, has been preserved within.
Website of the new Macpherson Stadium
Website of MacPherson Residence
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. Located at Yim Po Fong Street, on the edge of Mong Kok
Mong Kok (Chinese language, Chinese: 旺角), also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK, is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward, Hong Kong, Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok.
As one of the major sho ...
, a high population density area, it has a capacity of 1,850.
The stadium is within Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre (). It is adjacent to the Macpherson Playground () which has a football pitch and acts as a gathering place for youth. The stadium is managed by the Hong Kong Playground Association.
It hosted the official 1983 Asian Basketball Championship.
Name
On 4May 1929, the Hong Kong Government founded the Playing Fields Committee to provide social welfare services to local children, J. L. McPherson being among the founding members. On 4 May 1933, when the Children's Playgrounds Association became a reality, McPherson was named Honorary Secretary. John Livingstone McPherson (1874-1947) had been a missionary assigned to Hong Kong from Canada, working for theYMCA of Hong Kong
YMCA of Hong Kong was established in 1901 as a charitable organization in Hong Kong, headquartered in Salisbury Road, Hong Kong, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. It is dedicated to the furtherance of justice, peace, hope and truth in the Ho ...
from 1905 to 1935. At his retirement, appreciation was shown for the work he had done in Hong Kong, among which was the founding of the Children's Playground. Macpherson left for Canada in 1935, but lived out the remainder of his life in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England and died there in 1947.
History
The stadium was opened by the Governor Sir Alexander Grantham on 7 September 1953, while the foundation stone was laid by the Duchess of Kent
Duchess of Kent is the principal Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom, courtesy title used by the wife of the Duke of Kent. There have been four titles referring to Kent since the 18th century. The current duchess is Katharine, Duchess of Kent ...
. It held its last basketball tournament in October 2008 and was demolished for a residential complex and a new indoor stadium.
Redevelopment
The site was redeveloped into MacPherson Place, a complex comprising the new MacPherson Stadium (), a youth centre, and two residential towers (1A and 1B), collectively named MacPherson Residence (). Developed by Kowloon Development and the Hong Kong Playground Association, it comprises 293 apartments. The address of MacPherson Place is 38 Nelson Street. The foundation stone of its predecessor, Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre, has been preserved within.
References
External links
Website of the new Macpherson Stadium
Website of MacPherson Residence
* {{Authority control Former buildings and structures in Hong Kong Mong Kok Sports venues in Hong Kong Taekwondo venues Music venues in Hong Kong