The sportsground on the roof of Siu Hei Estate’s carpark had long suffered from a lack of maintenance and was in generally poor condition. Building upon our previous successes in Kai Yip, Cheung Hang, and H.A.N.D.S, People’s Place believes in the value of refurbishing sports facilities in strengthening community spirit. With Siu Hei as the fourth multi-purpose sportsground revitalized by People’s Place, we hope this forty thousand square feet rooftop will serve as a shared space for the community.

The refurbished sportsground is one of a kind within Tuen Mun, containing two basketball courts, two basketball half-courts, a gridded playscape, two 150-meter long jogging tracks, and a car tire zone. A racetrack on the sportsground also provides the opportunity for balance bike practice and competitions. Residents of all ages can explore their imaginations and discover new ways to adopt the space for various games and activities.

Furthermore, the Siu Hei Sportsground features various designs under the theme of “Smile and Laughter,” creating many unique photo opportunities for locals and tourists alike. These designs include the stairway within the sportsground, and a “Smile Wall” that highlights drawings from local children using bananas based on our theme of happiness. A bird’s eye view of the court also reveals the letters “S” and “H” (representing “Siu Hei”) and numbers “8” and “5” (Siu Hei Estate was built in 1985), as well as many smiley faces cleverly hidden in the sportsground that inject a sense of liveliness into the community.

Inviting Neighborhood Children to Participate in Redesigning Siu Hei,
Cultivating a Sense of Community Belonging

People’s Place values the indispensable role Siu Hei’s community plays in the emergence of this community hub, which we hope will fulfil the needs of all residents.  Therefore, we invited children from the neighborhood to participate in the redesigning of Siu Hei facilities. Students from two kindergartens and two primary schools took part in a workshop co-hosted by One Bite Social and New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association. The students made drawings with smiley faces using bananas, which were eventually adopted as the primary design for the walls adjacent to the audience stand. During the process of redesigning the sportsground, the People’s Place team also took into account the opinions of local children regarding the sportsground facilities. Subsequently, the finalized design includes a car tire zone, traffic-light-shaped interactive wall art, and a racetrack to inspire imaginative play.

Supporting Local Teen-Hosted Community Events
& Establishing a “Siu Hei Basketball Team” at their homecourt

We hope that local residents will take advantage of these shared spaces to host all kinds of activities, cultivating a sense of belonging within the neighborhood. Our team is currently working with one of the mall’s tenants, Caritas Jockey Club Integrated Service for Young People Tuen Mun, to organise the Siu Hei Youth Empowerment Program and encourage event hosting. This program will allow local adolescents to create a range of activities based on sports, arts & culture, inter-generational community building and environment at the shopping center, thereby uniting and empowering local residents. These activities will be supported by Caritas, and all fees will be sponsored by People’s Place. Other events include carnivals and sports games in collaboration with corporate brands and organizations. In the meantime, People’s Place will also continue to support “Well Dunk!”, a public estate basketball league and training programme for youths pioneered by the local charity InspiringHK Sports Foundation by offering the basketball courts for training and competition use and subsidising  the creation of a local basketball team in Siu Hei.