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Macpherson Stadium, Hong Kong
MacPherson Stadium () was an indoor stadium that played an important role to the development of youth recreation in Hong Kong. Located at Yim Po Fong Street, on the edge of Mong Kok, a high population density area, it had a capacity of 1,850.
The stadium was within Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre () and thus it was also referred as ''Yi Kun'' () in Hong Kong. It was adjacent to the Macpherson Playground (麥花臣遊樂場) which has a football pitch and acts as a gathering place for youth. The stadium was managed by the Hong Kong Playground Association.
==Name==
On 4May 1929, the Hong Kong Government had 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.〔Kwok, Siu-tong. Commemorative Publication celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Playground Association. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Playground Association, 2003〕 John McPherson had been a missionary assigned to Hong Kong from Canada, working for the YMCA from 1905 to 1935.〔McPherson, Sue (Fulham) () J. L. McPherson, Hong Kong YMCA: General Secretary 1905-1935, 2006〕 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.〔Monument to Mr. J. L. McPherson, Children's Recreation, 1925. ''South China Morning Post'', 12 March 1935 〕 The reason the spelling of the playground is Mac rather than Mc--Pherson is most likely due to his nickname being Mac, and this came to be what was remembered when the playground was named.
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