HONG KONG MONSTER BUILDING: What it's like to live in Hong Kong's most densely populated building 

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Same hahaha! Had to see look on RU-vid cause on ig it’s like 2x bigger 💀😂

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Thanks for showing us around and telling us about your life there Lingmuk, was a pleasure to meet you!

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Can't believe your English is so good!

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Am from jamaica

Thank you so much!!!

Lingmuk was great, such an upbeat person and a fantastic person to show us around the Monster Building and share about his life there. Thanks for watching James, and glad you enjoyed watching!

@Concerned Individual I don’t like drinking alcohol. And I’m very healthy based on body check lol

@Concerned Individual yes~ I’ve never been to hospital during this 3 year. I’m healthier than many people

But where is the interview of indigenous residents? Not another RU-vidr?

Thanks as always Satish! We really tried to show the soul of the building here, rather than, as you pointed out, the glammed up image of Hong Kong. Thanks for the comment, and the support!

Hi Noel, yes indeed, was walking around there at some point with my wife and daughter. It would have been nice to have met you, please do say hi if you see me again! Thanks for the really kind words, glad you're enjoying the channel- and more videos on the way!

There are definitely issues with the building, afraid we can’t speak about it living up to safety standards though as we aren’t sure ourselves. HK is generally pretty good when it comes to health and safety though

Yes we care so much about standards here in the states that we rather have people homeless.

Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, Lingmuk is a great guy, and gave us such a candid and informative interview! Thanks for watching - and for the kind words. More videos coming soon!

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Thanks Kevin, glad you enjoyed, and more videos on the way!

Thanks for being patient, hope it was worth the wait!

Thanks for watching and for the kind words of support- much appreciated! Yes, this one took a while, and we’ll have a break over the festive period, but next year we plan to get producing a little more often again! Haha whenever we film outside of December/January, I always have the “soaked T-shirt” look 💦 😆

Agreed! A very cool aesthetic

Thank you as always Johnson, we always appreciate your great comment! I agree, HK is a very close-knit city with many great communities!

It has been a little while but we're back! Thanks for watching as always, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you very much for watching and the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

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Cheers Davy, more on the way!

Hope it was worth the wait!

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed it! It took a lot of work, but we’re proud of it and hope it gave an informative account of one of HKs most iconic buildings!

Thanks Dave! Our pleasure, and glad you enjoyed watching!

Thank you Azamy, for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it, and more videos in the pipeline. Best to you and yours!

Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching. Some in HK live in really small places relatively speaking, but they generally make very good use of the space

I live in Smolpupper, warm, moist, creamy, fishy smell

Aqua Jewel, what country do you live in? Surely not the U.S.

You can't judge a whole country with just this place

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Thanks for watching Anson!

Hi Marcus and Siobhan! It's great news that you've finally been able to return here, hope you're both having a great time! That's awesome that you've been working your way around some of our recommendations, hope you've enjoyed them all. I love the Danish Bakery for a not-so-healthy bready snack on the go, and Cheung Hing is legendary! Haha, yes Chungking Mansions can be slightly unsettling at night, maybe you guys will have better luck in the daytime as you say. Paul Au at Vinyl Hero is brilliant, he's so welcoming and always has a story to tell. Hopefully you find some good records there, too (although the entrance may be a little hard to find - it's hidden behind a subway entrance if I'm not mistaken). As far as Uncle King at Biu King Mahjong, he's had a little trouble with his landlord recently and I'm not sure if he's still in that spot right now. The best bet would be to reach out to him on his Facebook messenger. His kids speak English and will direct you accordingly! facebook.com/BiuKeeMahjong/

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Thanks for watching and the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it... and yes, it's so important to document this type of traditional Hong Kong culture before it disappears forever!

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Thanks for watching, and for the kind words- glad you enjoyed it and found the video informative! 🙏💪😊🇭🇰

Thank you! 🙏💪

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it, and more videos in the pipeline!

Glad you got the chance to come back here, and that's great you could catch up with family... and gain some pounds eating no-doubt delicious food! hehe

Thank you Allan! Glad you enjoyed, and hopefully the wait won't be as long until the next one!

Thank you for the kind words!

Thanks for watching and glad you found the video informative. We certainly enjoyed making it!

Thanks for the comment! Yes, although apartments are generally small compared to homes in other let’s of the world, some being built these days are tiny! The Monster building ones are a bit of an exception I think, as most older building I’ve come across tend to have more spacious units!

Thanks for watching and absolutely agree!

Cheers Nate, hope you’re well!

Glad you enjoyed it!

He's great!

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed!

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Thanks as always for watching and glad you enjoyed it. Yes, there's definitely some similarities between Monster Building and Kowloon Walled City!

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Thanks for watching and for the kind words. We’re glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thank you John! I use a Fujifilm XT4. Great camera I'd always recommend.

While I agree that in some places it might look work is needed, in much of the building the electronics do fortunately look to be squared away safely. Certainly a valid concern though!

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed!

Hong Kong people have a lot to be proud of.

Thank you, and thanks for watching… more videos coming soon!

Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed it. I agree that every community is unique but also has the same universal essence!

Thanks for watching and glad you’re enjoying the channel, it really is my pleasure to explore the amazing culture in this city- I love loving here, and hope you get the chance to return soon!

Thanks for sharing that information John, that's very interesting. Wasn't aware just how prized the apartments were, but it defintely makes sense!

Thank you Bike! More videos on the way!

@@HongKongHoods It’s Steve😁I always recommend your videos to my friends and subscribers.

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Haha absolutely! Thanks for watching!

Thanks Malik, it sounds like you have good memories of the Monster Building. That's a shame you had to move away from QB, but hopefully you can still get back there and visit occasionally!

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@lingmuk is an inspiring guy for sure. Check out his channel: youtube.com/@lingmuk

Thanks for watching Clarissa and for the great comment, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

The stuggle is real outside of Dec-March

Wow, thanks for watching Jerome and for your incredible comment! I'd be happy to explore any mansions government officials live in if you can give me their phone number so I can connect with them?

Yeah, I bet it is a world away from rural Ontario! Would love to visit Canada some day 🇨🇦 thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching! 🙏

Whoa, well spotted, and thanks for sharing! There are some very traditional establishments in this enclave of the city

Thanks for watching! Agreed- cozy, but in many cases quite comfortable living here!

yes in deed I was homeless here in the USA and I would of loved this @@HongKongHoods

@@EsteeDarla Definitely better than being out on the streets! Hope your living situation is better now!

very true id been glad to have that rather then be homeless for sure@@HongKongHoods

Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel! 🙏💪😊

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@@HongKongHoods Been watching you since you were in Japan...awesome to see your great work sharing the real Hong Kong with everyone !

@@ericyau7557 Thank you Eric for your generosity and support. Glad you're enjoying the channel, and more to come soon!

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I totally get the sentiment. Thanks for watching!

That's a really good idea. It could certainly help to make parts of the building look nicer!

Haha it’s really not that bad once you’re in the room- quite possibly not as claustrophobia inducing as it feels in camera!

Thanks for watching and glad it inspired some thought!

Thanks a lot- I make the music for all the episodes myself. Have considered putting them on a platform altogether. Will notify the channel if/when I can get around to doing so!

I’ll bet! I really wish I could have seen that place while it was still around!

Thanks for the suggestion! We covered the Walled City in our Kowloon Top 5 video that you can watch here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8abORIePuTw.html As far as a full-length deep dive into the complex, it could be an idea for a future video...

You’re absolutely correct! 💯 thanks for watching and commenting!

Bang on… think that’s a great comparison!

Cheers!

...And only just seen your very kind donation (RU-vid doesn't show the notifications for these quickly🙁). Thank you so much for your generosity Vince, highly, highly appreciated! Happy holidays to you and yours, and more coming from Vienne and I in the new year!

@@HongKongHoods well I always wanted to see inside that building, you granted my wish 😁 and a 20 min video is a lot of work!

@@ecnivince1 hugely appreciated again Vince- glad the video granted your wish. CHeers for the support :D

There's an Ikea nearby, too!

Kowloon Walled City was NOT an apartment complex; it was a titanic and largely unregulated hotchpotch of buildings that housed apartments and a variety of other things from dentists to factories. This represents a crucial difference, and is why we would never compare Kowloon Walled City to The Monster Building in terms of population density. To say that Kowloon Walled City was the most densely populated settlement on Earth is correct, but to say nothing came close is debatable - Gunkanjima, off the coast of Nagasaki in Japan (a tiny island the site of a coal mine with a population exceeding 5,000 before its abandonment in 1974) wasn't a million miles off.

It’s true that Hong Kong has so much great nature. Thanks for watching

It’s an incredible city. Hopefully you can get back, now restrictions have been lifted

It’s really hard to say without gaining access, but we think the second apartment we went into was subdivided in half, so double the size of that one.

I can’t think of anywhere more cyberpunk! Hopefully your predictions for yourself come true!

If you haven't heard of the "Kowloon Walled City", demolished in the first half of the 1990s - do look for a video made by an Austrian guy who explored the interiors, it's on yt. That was a truly dystopian post-apocalyptic like building complex - neither governed by the Brits nor China.

@@kenlee1416 We also covered it briefly in our Kowloon Top 5 episode. Watch it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8abORIePuTw.html

That is an excellent question I don’t know the answer to. There are many stairwells in the building though!

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Hopefully not too scary!

Thanks for the comment, yes- people here generally seem to have their basic needs yet, although it is very basic in some cases! As far as crime issues in the building, I’m not aware of any more than in any other part of Hong Kong. Thanks for watching

Don’t think the Monster Building has a heroin problem, but admittedly we don’t know for a fact.