Kowloon Walled City 1 – manufacturing
If you arrived in Hong Kong after 1994 you will not have seen the Kowloon Walled City. And even if you have lived here all your life or came to Hong Kong before the mid 1990s you may not have been inside this fascinating and densely populated area.
It became an enclave after the New Territories was leased to Britain in 1898. It’s demolition began in March 1993 and was completed in April 1994. Kowloon Walled City Park occupying the area shown in the photo left opened in December 1995.
What connection does KWC have to Hong Kong’s industrial past? Well it contained a large number of businesses including numerous small factories. These included a fishball factory, a noodle factory, several metalworking shops and a textile mill.
If you can provide more information about what else was manufactured there please leave a comment under this article or contact the group.
This article was one of the first to be posted on the website on 11th January 2013.
See:
- Japanese love Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City SCMP 21st May 2016
- Kowloon Walled City: Life in the City of Darkness SCMP 12th February 2015
- How Kowloon Walled City survived attempts to knock it down for almost a century SCMP 30th August 2014
- Arcade brings Kowloon Walled City back from the dead … in Japan SCMP 11th October 2013
- Remembering Kowloon Walled City SCMP 12th September 2013
- Walled City’s colourful, lawless history SCMP 25th June 2008
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