The Sleazy Past Of A Hong Kong Corner

Twenty years ago, the Kowloon Walled City was famous as the world of the slums, and evils appeared many times in Hong Kong's gangster films.Kowloon Walled City is a neighborhood the most crowded entertainment in Hong Kong today. But 20 years ago, it was a messy architectural complex without any planning with more than 33,000 inhabitants. Looking at old photos taken here, tourists can easily imagine a slum with winding, dark stairs. Cuu Long Thanh 20 years ago

. This area was formerly a former fortress of the Qing Dynasty and is not under the control of the British colonial government in Hong Kong. As a result, residents in the area build their own houses without regard to safety regulations. With the uncontrolled city and population growth, it has become a "mecca" for criminals and brothels, entertainment venues, drug use in the 1980s.



Some Hong Kong gangster films at that time often used this as a setting. The location is also considered to be the most cramped city in the world, and the crime rate declined due to heavy repression from the Hong Kong government. However, the living conditions and deterioration of the city are still a sore spot: a slaughterhouse lacks food hygiene and safety. Before the Kowloon Thanh was rebuilt in 1994, photographer Greg Girard had many years learning about the lives of the people here. In his mind the slums in Kowloon appeared with rows of houses growing close, clothes hanging on the balcony. A number of pig slaughterhouses also exist here. Pork is slaughtered on the dirty floor and does not comply with any basic medical hygiene, but Greg insists that people living here are as normal as everyone else "They were ordinary people, living a normal life, doing ordinary jobs in a special environment," recalls Greg.



The busy Kowloon Peninsula today. In order to improve the living situation of the people and the nation's development, the government has invested a lot of money to re-plan Cuu Long Thanh. The slums were wiped out, replaced by a popular park and tourist destination today. The same Quan Truong, Tham Thuy Bo, Huynh Dai Tien, Du Tiem Vuong, Cuu Long Thanh were combined into sales. Large Cuu Long Island with an area of 46.93 km2. This place is known as the destination "swallowing money" of tourists, is a paradise of shopping and night entertainment. Many tourists come here to spend money or simply watch people shop.



You can shop for anything from world-famous designer fashion to unbranded cheap clothes, from thousands of dollars computers to desks that cost just a few dollars. Cuu Long Thanh slum 20 years ago Cuu Long Thanh used to be dense, interspersed housing. In order to have enough water for the dense population, people have drilled many wells and installed thousands of pipes in every corner The alleys are always dark and dirty. Cuu Long Thanh district more than 20 years ago. Living in the slums, people here are considered to have a normal life like many other people. Cuu Long Thanh is also affected by the sound of flying planes too close because the airport is not far from located. A little boy is sitting on his counter. This place is full of essentials, and the area of use of the people is also very narrow.



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