South China AA Sports Complex

South China AA Sports Complex (Chinese: 南華體育會體育中心) also known as SCAA Sports Complex, or the Sports Complex, the High Block (Chinese: 高座) is a multi-use building in Hong Kong. It consists of swimming pools, golf driving range, billiards halls, indoor shooting ranges, fencing halls, table tennis tables, squash courts, and gymnasiums. It is owned by the South China Athletic Association. South China AA Stadium and South China AA Sports Centre (the Low Block) are next to the building.

SCAA Sports Complex (back)
SCAA Sports Complex (far back) and the stadium (front)
The guide of SCAA Sports Complex

History

The complex broke ground in the 1980s. Structure underground was completed in 1983.[1] The superstructure was completed in 1987[2] and opened in the next year.

Events

On top of the events of the South China Athletic Association (SCAA), the Complex also held other competitions, such as a table tennis invitational tournament that co-held by The Wharf (Holdings), Po Leung Kuk, Elegant Watch & Jewellery and the South China AA.[3][4] Another table tennis tournament by the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, also used the facility of the Sports Complex.[5]

The shooting event of 2009 East Asian Games was held in the 7/F of the Complex, after the government failed to build its own facility in time.[6]

Controversies

The sports complex is built on Crown Land (since 1997 known as Government Land in the law) with special land lease, which limited its purpose. However, Apple Daily accused that the athletic association violate the land lease by allowing non-members to use its canteen by joining its special-class of "eat-only" membership for HK$20 per month.[7]

A sport bar on the 2/F of the Complex, also subsidized their customers with HK$150 voucher, as a compensation for the full annual membership fee of the SCAA, HK$120.[8]

Location

The complex is located on Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay, very near the Hong Kong Stadium.

References
  1. 本會興建新體育館大厦　約需年半方能完成揭幕. 南華會月刊 [South China AA Monthly]. Hong Kong. 15 June 1983 – via The Kung Sheung Daily News.
  2. 南華會體育中心平頂. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 4 April 1987. p. 12.
  3. 香港桌球邀請賽 竹市學子奪團體殿軍 (in Chinese). Taipei. Central News Agency. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. 齊來乒乓 三寶杯乒乓球邀請賽. Life Style Journal (in Chinese). Hong Kong Economic Journal Company. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  5. 廠商會舉辦網球乒球賽. Wen Wei Po (in Chinese). Hong Kong Liaison Office. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. 東亞運甩甩漏香港丟架. Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Oriental Press Group. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. 【供地真相】月繳20蚊可做「飲食會員」 南華會涉違體育用地原意. online instant news. Apple Daily (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Next Digital. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. "Hong Kong nightlife: a beginner's guide – the 16 best bars, clubs and pubs a newcomer needs to know". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers (Alibaba Group). 23 February 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.


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