Yesterday afternoon, I went to Lai Chi Kok Park for a jog. Although it was hot, there are still a lot of people enjoying jogging, walking, acrobat cycling, and so on. Tens of people were jogging on the path for some kilometers and sweat dropped from foreheads, necks and arms continuously. During my jog, I saw a group of BMX cyclist racing their bicycles up and down the ramp, or even jump up and land on track. This attracted about 100 audiences, mostly youth and photographers. They enjoyed the racing and showed enthusiasm on the sports.
After my jogging, I took a leisure walk on the paths with continuous trees alongside. Because the park is just next to Mei Foo, a private housing estate with 50000 residents, a lot of residents took a leisure walk in order to inhale fresh air and do some exercises, despite of fear of H1N1 swine flu. A smaller Lingnan style garden is built in the centre of the park. The garden has traditional Chinese arches with calligraphy, pavilions, high trees and a pond with stones. That creates harmonious environment to the rest of park and the estate. Some foreign domestic helpers (usually Filipinos or Indonesians) enjoyed their Sunday off, gathered under pavilion, shades of trees and chattered happily. About ten young people wearing traditional Chinese costume and clothing of cartoon figures posed on platform corridor of the pond and produced some interesting movements. They also interested the lush scenery and played happily.
About 45 minutes later, I walked on the way home. The people enjoyed themselves peacefully. But I think that there was still a defect: playing music not allowed, even in daytime. The law leads to damage of vibrant atmosphere and a suppression of freedom of expression. I think playing some musical instrument like erhu, dizi without amplifier and at sound level below 70 dB will not lead to great disturbance to residents and other visitors.
The original text was distributed on 9:32pm, 18 May, 2009.
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