There was a ground-breaking ceremony on Mar 31 at the Bressington Park in Homebush. Deputy Mayor Stephanie Kokkolis and Strathfield MP Jodi McKay joined an array of Korean dignitaries and they have done a symbolic ribbon-cutting and a tree-planting photo taken.
All seems to be smooth but within a week, reports criticised the new location of the Korean culture centre were published by a couple of mainstream media.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Korean garden and culture centre were to have been built on an unused hill at the northern end of the park but, it was found out that the premises was comprised of waste material so it was shifted onto cricket and rugby fields at the southern end.
A snap decision was made by Strathfield Council in December and it became issue that there has been no consolation with local residents or regular park users about the relocation and removing up to five cricket fields.
The sport fields are booked throughout the year, and used by Trinity Grammar's rugby and cricket teams.
Some Korean local residents show their concerns that the new location consuming popular sport fields might give negative impacts on Korea or Korean people and the local residents might face away the Korean garden.
