Hong Kong City Hall Memorial Garden — Attraction in Hong Kong

One of the few green spaces in the Central District is the Memorial Garden at City Hall with opening hours of 7.30am to 10.30pm daily. It is a small and quiet enclosed garden that is dedicated to the memory of Chinese, British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought and fell during WWII.

The Memorial Garden includes a 12-sided memorial shrine within which is a Roll of Honour and plaques which list out the various military units that participated in the Great War. There is an interesting contemporary sculpture at the side of the shrine and impressive decorative emblems on the copper gates of the garden entrance.

Otherwise, the garden is rather simple with a few places to sit and relax and pay your respects. For those with interesting in more memorial monuments, the Cenotaph can be found just south of Connaught Road at the...

Peaceful square in the middle of bustling Central. The memorial shrine only opens on the first Sunday of each month. With the marriage registry on site, it's a popular spot for wedding photographs, together with the sea front. City Hall is a declared monument. Architecturally not standing out unfortunately, but it served its purpose perfectly at the time...

The park and the bus stop outside was well maintained. The trees were growing very strong and flowers blossom every year. Foreign domestic helpers gathered here...