Penduduk [[Sai Wan|daerah Barat]] telah lama meratapi pilihan rekreasi dan rekreasirileks yang terbatas di distrik tersebut.<ref>{{cite news|title=Western to have new park|work=South China Morning Post|date=16 June 1986|page=12}}</ref> TwoDua recreationproyek projectsrekreasi ondi thereklamasi Westerndaerah reclamationBarat neardekat Sai Ying Pun weredisetujui approvedoleh inProgram thePekerjaan Sarana [[UrbanDewan CouncilKota]] Capital Works Programme 1986/87–1990/91: ansebuah aula indoorpermainan gamesdalam hallruangan (nowkini thePusat Olahraga Taman Peringatan Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre) anddan theTaman originalDaerah WesternBarat Parkawal.<ref>{{cite book|title=109CR Park on Western Reclamation, 105CR Indoor Games Hall on Western Reclamation|date=20 February 1987|publisher=Urban Council}}</ref> Only part of the site was originally released to the Urban Council since most of the land was required for the construction of the [[Western Harbour Crossing]] in the 1990s. Western Park, comprising two hectares, opened in 1991.<ref name=LC1>{{cite web|title=LC Paper No. CB(2)2798/06-07(01)|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/panels/ha/papers/hacb2-2798-1-e.pdf|publisher=Legislative Council Panel on Home Affairs|date=October 2007}}</ref>
