Remembering Hong Kong’s ‘City of Darkness’

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The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once considered the densest settlement in the world. The sprawling neighbourhood was often characterised as a lawless enclave with poor living conditions, criminal activity and a thriving black market, trading anything from pirated goods to drugs and sex. It was demolished in 1994, but its legacy lives on through the memories of its former residents. Thirty years after it was torn down, former residents and others who worked there shared some of their most vivid recollections of what was known as the “City of Darkness”.
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21 май 2024

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@areasevenpro 25 дней назад

You can clearly see the influence of Kowloon Walled City in the films Blade Runner (1982) and Batman Begins (2005), as well as the video game Stray (2022).

@Hkchinese888 24 дня назад

The gun battle in the hk movie ‘‘The Long Arm of the Law’ 省港旗兵at the end took place inside Wall City is a classic scene.

@windmacher 24 дня назад

And Ghost in a Shell.

@decentraIize 24 дня назад

@@Hkchinese888 I love these types of movie

@user-ws1bx5xb8s 24 дня назад

Cyberpunk had its large mega-apartments.

@szelongchang 18 дней назад

My grandad was once the largest portfolio landlord in Kowloon Walled City up until its demolition. He built nearly 1000 flats and sold them. He kept 99 of them up until demolition. The city's water supplied was also connected by him and he was once the "water department" of the city, user paid $20 per month and had 1000 user (persumably the flat built by him was connected with waterpipe). South China Morning post did an article was him regarding his air-con shop in the early 90's!

@barbram8001 17 дней назад

Slum lord?

@envitech02 24 дня назад

5:35 I like it when Jackie speaks super fluent Cantonese.

@quyenluong3705 16 дней назад

Still had an accent

@lungchan1729 5 дней назад

she is full of love. I admire that. even though she kinda of agenda converting people to Christianity but she is full of love.

@knightforlorn6731 24 дня назад

I will never stop being fascinated by this place. I wish someone would discover a treasure trove of new video footage, my imagination runs wild through these labyrinthine walls.

@roym.dossantos 24 дня назад

I feel the same. I know that people had it very tough in that place, but at the same time I feel there is something fascinating about both the dense organic architecture as well as the self governed nature of that place.

@cheeru6457 23 дня назад

Thank you so much for making this short documentary because I never knew such a place ever existed in HK.

@orphes4989 24 дня назад

Thanks for making this. It's a very interesting topic and quite unlike any city I've looked into.

@cheche1301 24 дня назад

Thank you for this report. Glad i saw it

@Tommy-xy1eh 24 дня назад

Thank you Mr. Albert Ng 🙏🏻 I understood what you meant , felt for you but , also happy what you have turned out. ❤ 🇭🇰

@patrickkaiserliew3691 24 дня назад

Very informative.

@CastleLager-lf5eu 24 дня назад

Looks better than any Indian city for sure 👍🏻

@franktoh3041 24 дня назад

The Kowloon walled city is a luxurious slum compared to India's.

@devilwithangelicheart7133 19 дней назад

Have you been to India?? Or any normal Indian town??

@oxy2986 13 дней назад

Nah , I myself amazed as indian , you never seen our cities then if you think this is better then any indian city . And is dense . Even dharavi largest slum in india only isn't this crowded its mostly grounded and in better condition then Knollwood.

@leocyh123 17 дней назад

I was there and met Cyclone. His Cyclone Punch is awesome.

@stevensims3342 13 дней назад

I really wish there was more HD footage of this place.

@iPadPipi 17 дней назад

thank you 🤗

@MrJasonghost 24 дня назад

Will visit 1 day

@10yrsjointguy 18 дней назад

it’s torn down alr

@MrJasonghost 16 дней назад

The site

@KNful 24 дня назад

this reminds me of Mugenjou from Getbackers 😬

@kl9518 20 дней назад

True story. Jacky Pullinger was invited by the Queen of England. She took Chan Hok Yin to see the Queen. When Yin came through immigration in UK, the officer asked him the purpose of his visit. Can you imagine an ex Triad with criminal records saying that he was invited by the Queen?😂 He had to show the officer his invitation. 😂

@JamesJiansen 24 дня назад

why they keep reuploading this

@genchwanlim2970 24 дня назад

why the reupload?

@fhs7838 21 день назад

I think when I saw it first time, it was >12min...

@nazhif1 24 дня назад

reupload?

@lollydolly6004 16 дней назад

no this is new

@putiputain1230 24 дня назад

Last time i went to HK was in 2019 before covid and it was impressive seeing the walled city. Going back next week to Kowloon and it wont be the same.

@waisinglee1509 24 дня назад

It was pulled down 30 years ago...

@barbram8001 17 дней назад

What happened to Hong Kong?

@notnice9873 24 дня назад

now, there will be a Movie about this place .. very soon.

@lollydolly6004 16 дней назад

they already do, its called Twilight of the Warriors

@Nelson__Mandela 22 дня назад

Once again, humanity won over lawlessness and negligence

@jimmydean4152 24 дня назад

repost?

@axjagfilms 24 дня назад

the box

@goodo5691 День назад

there are smells in hong kong i have never smelt before, and never want to again

@williamchen1997 21 день назад

Thanks to China who has turned Hong Kong into a liveable city after 1997 with better urban planning. 🇨🇳🇭🇰

@kl9518 20 дней назад

Yes, Hong Kong became a free part of China. Citizens elections for our own chief executive rather than the British sending a governor without choice. Free trade rather than just the British. There is no need to pay tax to the British.

@sheepcs4952 9 дней назад

😅😅😅

@goodciro 19 дней назад

Bloodsport vibes

@alisterbedindang407 24 дня назад

Meteor city

@francispua3210 24 дня назад

COD Black Ops: Hong Kong mission

@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534 25 дней назад

The paintbrush, invented by Ismael Zambada from Culiacán, is revered and respected worldwide.

@Tommy-xy1eh 24 дня назад

Yes - beautiful ❤

@Hkchinese888 25 дней назад

I live in a 2mx2m cubicle room in Sham Shui Po. 😂😂😂

@RSCB 24 дня назад

2mmx2mm

@ToiChutGongWu 24 дня назад

No you don't "Hong Kong Chinese" “Mohammed Kumar”/“Hkchinese”/”wynn”

@DDDrumpf 24 дня назад

You sound so proud, old kidd!! So you live in a 2mx2m cubicle room and you are proud of it?? Too bad, no, old kidd?? Why don't you go back to India and live with the cows ???

@isleephungry 24 дня назад

You are already very lucky in Dharavi, where entire families live in a similar space.😂

@wynn3077 24 дня назад

😂 Attack of the Chinese bots .

@locadeva 14 дней назад

it would have been great if female interviewees were presented too.

@SubwayStreetvendorblocki-hn1wy 16 дней назад

That's what happens when you don't invade, you become secluded. Duh Australia was right in your backyard but your superstition told you " no open backdoor". But fing shoe is wong because the Irish prisoners are having the time of their lives right now. Australia is a comfortable place to live and Chinese people have to be crammed into smaller and smaller spaces.

@fendisugiri1247 25 дней назад

Hive Cities of the future.

@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534 25 дней назад

Respect for Ismael Zambada of Culiacán is universal due to his paintbrush.

@benderbendingrofriguez3300 24 дня назад

somebody show this video to all these pro democracy guys

@misterbig9025. 24 дня назад

Hong kong is going to become worse than Kowloon walled city

@Anti-CornLawLeague 24 дня назад

Anything for cheap rents.

@nextlastChang 24 дня назад

Wherever the Chinese 🇨🇳 regime goes, that place becomes *hopeless.* Whether it's Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Zambia, Kenya, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, or Pakistan.

@josephwu3136 24 дня назад

All those countries are light years ahead of India.

@josephwu3136 24 дня назад

Yet none of those people in those countries would rather live in Endia

@_lalapop 24 дня назад

question: what did china ever do in argentina

@franktoh3041 24 дня назад

The Kowloon walled city is a luxurious slum compared to India's.

@nicholasfooong. 24 дня назад

@@_lalapop destroyed their economy using peronists

@taiwanstillisntacountry 25 дней назад

Kowloon Walled City, last slum of British HK. Compare to places like Dahravi please. Oh wait, Kowloon City doesn't excist anymore.

@misterbig9025. 24 дня назад

your english skill is also non existent

@oxy2986 13 дней назад

Dharavi is also slum set up by British but also "dharavi" will not exist after some years .

@raihan8097 25 дней назад

My condolences to the millions of Hongkongers 🇭🇰 who lost their voting rights and freedom of speech after being brutally crushed by the 3vil Chinese regime 🇨🇳

@taiwanstillisntacountry 25 дней назад

🏳️1962🏳️ 🚽🧻👍🏼

@Lvisredalin 24 дня назад

Beep boop BOT detected 🤖

@RSCB 24 дня назад

Womp Womp

@RSCB 24 дня назад

hong Kong is the only former British colony that wants to be a British colony, I thought Hong Kong people had one of the highest IQs of the world

@Hkchinese888 24 дня назад

We miss British rule 🇬🇧🇬🇧

@AleDuke-fd5qz 24 дня назад

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@misterbig9025. 24 дня назад

Bot

@Hkchinese888 24 дня назад

why so many beggars in China-quora

@Hkchinese888 24 дня назад

Dongguan homeless--yt

@Hkchinese888 24 дня назад

chyna rotten tail building-yt

@Hkchinese888 24 дня назад

chidians are desperate---scmp