DDHK. ORG – Victoria Park is becoming a well-known name, not just in Hong Kong even to Indonesia. In 2010, present film titled Sunday Morning at Victoria Park directed by Lola Amaria.
The film, written by Titien Wattimena and starring Lola Amaria, Titi Sjuman, Donny Alamsyah, and Donny Damara, even won the 2010 Indonesian Film Festival, the 2011 Indonesian Movie Award, the 2010 Jakarta International Film Festival, and the 2011 Bandung Film Festival.
This film tells the story of Mayang, the first child of the couple Sukardi and Lastri who is sent to Hong Kong as a worker migrant. Full of ignorance and fear he studied and worked while surviving in a family and country that was very foreign to him.
Mayang has high aspirations and is actually reluctant, but her parents force her to go to find Sekar, her sister who has been a migrant worker in Hong Kong for more than 2 years but disappeared without a word.
Victoria Park Today
If in the film Victoria Park is described as a gathering place for migrant workers on holiday, for now.
Reporting from idntimes, there are hundreds of thousands of Indonesian migrant workers who try their luck in Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong's labor regulations, you get one day off a week.
Usually on Sunday. On that day, Indonesians in Hong Kong usually take advantage of Sundays to unwind at Victoria Park.
Founded in 1957, Victoria Park in Hong Kong covers an area of 19 hectares. This area of land makes Victoria Park the largest park in the special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. The name Victoria Park itself is taken from the queen of England, Victoria.
The location of Victoria Park is very strategic because it is close to important areas such as Causeway Bay and MRT stations to the north and the Hong Kong Central Library to the south. Victoria Park is also an easily accessible location.
Besides Indonesia, there are also migrant workers from the Philippines who spend the weekend here. If Indonesian migrant workers usually gather on the west bank, these Filipinos usually have a 'reunion' in the Statue Square area in Victoria Park.
This 19 hectare park has super cool sports facilities. Not only a leisurely running track, but also basketball courts, tennis courts, swimming pools and even bowling alleys. The construction of this attractive facility was carried out since its inception until around 2000.
The tennis stadium here can accommodate up to 3.600 spectators. Victoria Park also frequently hosts tennis matches.
There is also a football field, basketball court, central courtyard, fitness station, running / jogging track, and more.
This park is indeed known as the widest green area amidst the many skyscrapers in the Causeway Bay area.
Besides being known as a gathering center for Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong, it is also a pleasant location to take a walk to enjoy the morning air around this very large park. [DDHK News]
