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would like to know a bit more ... how was it working there?

• SeanLuke 5y ago
  I worked in Hong Kong as a missionary from 1988 to 1990, and part of that time was spent in Kowloon City (a region of Hong Kong which contained the Kowloon Walled City). The Kowloon Walled City largely consisted of a large block of walk-up highrises so close to one another than there was no ventilation. The way you got into it was through what I'd describe as rat tunnels snaking underneath the buildings. The actual living environment was horrific. We'd often try to find out how to get up to the roof of the locally tallest building and watch the airplanes fly overhead and land at nearby Kai Tak airport. They were so close you could probably hit them with a rock. One particularly vivid memory I have is of the illegal dental offices which ringed the outside street level. These shops all had skulls in the windows with teeth showing their handiwork. I recently went back to visit the place -- the city had been torn down, revealing the original historic garrison at the center, and it's now a lovely park. When I was there the garrison was kid of like a little quad in the middle of the City where nobody dared build: many people thought it was originally a temple (it wasn't).