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Note that the walled city is just a small part of Kowloon district. The famous Kai Tak Airport was also in Kowloon (now converted into an event space), where a
by KMag 2y ago
Note that the walled city is just a small part of Kowloon district. The famous Kai Tak Airport was also in Kowloon (now converted into an event space), where airliners flew scarily close to buildings on final approach.
I lived in Hong Kong just under 10 years, and a friend of a friend grew up in the walled city.
- wkat4242 2y agoAnd the walled city is long gone :'( There's just a little museum left of it. As far as I understand this happened even before the handover.
- jprete 2y agoAccording to Wikipedia, China actually handed over sovereignty of Kowloon to the British to facilitate demolishing it. They must have really hated the place.