I like how you approach travel as a learning experience, immersing yourself in the history and engaging with its people. Your willingness to learn and check your own biases, is refreshing. For that, I'm rooting for you and wish you much success on TH-cam.
I am local ppl who haven't been to the monster building🤣I am glad that you enjoy the visit and the women who invited you to visit the flat was so kind😀
I grew up in Hong Kong in the 1980s, and I had absolutely no idea about the walled city back then. It was only a few years ago that I started reading and learning about it. I guess I had been somewhat insulated in a lower middle-class family living in a typical lower middle-class neighbourhood - not rich, by any stretch of the imagination, but we had what we needed. I didn't know much about how the other side lived. I haven't been back to Hong Kong in about 5 years now, but the next time I make it back there, I plan to go and see the walled city park.
Recently, there is a awarded movie called: "Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In" in 2024 which is about the walled city. Quite a lot of people say that it is not bad. Recommended
Getting the estate agent to let you see a place to rent was a simple but genius idea. I’ve always had the idea of going to Kowloon and filming this then going to Quarry Bay just as you did but I don’t need to now 😅 all the videos on my channel are about the walled city so this was a treat to watch thanks mate nice video 👌🏼
My mom used to live in the walled city and she said it was miserable.6 siblings and 120sqf Well now we live in happy valley and it is super nice.come visit our home Blue pool road 89
Hi Jack, very informative video, I wondered if you could have mentioned Jackie Pullinger, the Christian evangelist who arrived in the walled city in 1968 I believe and still remains in Hong Kong now. She wrote a great book "chasing the dragon " about her ministry to all in the walled city. She was famously interviewed a few times by Alan Whicker the tv globetrotter.
Well done for visiting the site of Kowloon Walled City! Its history is indeed very interesting. It was once called "the deregulated by the three" - "three" means the Chinese, British and HongKong governments. None of the three authorities governed that tiny place (back in the first half of 19th centeury the north of Boundary Street in Kowloon, inclu. the Walled City did not belong to Britain yet, despite that it was the de facto administrator and ruler). In theory it remained to be the Chinese emperor's territory until 1898 when Britain took over the whole of Kowloon and New Territories (i.e. the city of HongKong as everybody knows ever since).
I’m just a student and never lived or witnessed the walled city in my eyes, but I have watched a TV programme introducing the place, although it’s dense, dark, dirty and dangerous (ok that’s unintentional alliteration 🤣), I’ve heard that the former residents described that the people get along well and it’s very harmonious, they also unite together and stayed strong, but yeah, indeed the living conditions are horrible and unhygienic, they remember when they’re kids they run around in this narrow maze, and get out very quickly to afraid getting lost They had some good memories :)
When I was a high school student in the 70s, my school was located in Kowloon City which was not far away from the walled city. I went to walled city once for lunch with my classmates. The place was crowded and we walked through some narrow corridors. The residents were indeed very harmonious.
When I waas a kid, I used walk past the outside of the Kowloon City but never realise the seediness of it. You should watched the new HK movie Twilight of the Warriors : Walled In , it's about what is happening inside this Kowloon City which is a really fascinating! And yes, flats in HK are very very small in average. The one you viewed is relatively modest in size!
mate, I'm glad you had a lovely holiday, but that's not the dark side of Hong Kong. That apartment was luxury compared to some places I've been in. You should come up to some of the villages and meet the locals.
Excellent presentation. With all my trips back to HK I never knew about the jail or the walled city park, I may have even been to the actual walled city.
Thank you so much for this video it’s very interesting to see what life is like and what it use to be like in Hong Kong. Keep up the great work. Love you both ❤❤
I love HONGKONG as being my birth place, and thankyou soo much letting me know the dark side of the past, even Jack's parents lived in HONGKONG for some time too, anyway, you guys have fun there
There is a recent movie about the Kowloon Walled City which is called that you may check this in (it is even premiere worldwide including UK). The property agent lady was so kind to show you how the flat interior looks like. And welcome to the typical HK rain weather by the way (the rain is quite different to the UK isn't it)
gotta remember 7.5 million people here and space is at a premium, a hell of lot of new flats are being built starting at 200sqft upwards. Want a house, its gonna cost ya 16 grand a month sterling upwards!, even 200sq ft in a new built aprtment complex is gonna be well north of 1000 quid a month. hk is utter nuts, but been my home for 10+ years, still fab tho
I live & work in Hong Kong, arrived 24 years ago. The prison - when it was still active was opposite my office building. The big tree in the prison courtyard has always been there. It is referred to as the hanging tree. When the area was being converted advice was requested on Feng Shui - cutting the tree down. It was advised against for several reasons and that’s why it remains. There are some great bars and restaurants in the former prison building.
16:12 I once was walking along the footpath under this building, and about 3ft-4ft behind me, a plant pot smashed of the floor, was so lucky will never forget that
1:50 I’ve cycled here (there’s a cycling track) for over 10 times, usually come here on a Sunday if me and my brother feel like having fun It’s very cool that I can be faster than the cars on Carpenter Road when I’m going down the slope 🤣
I'm an American-Briton who grew up with the best of both worlds in the U.S and U.K, I'm also of Middle Eastern and Eastern European descent on my Dad's side, whereas I'm a mix of English,Scottish and Welsh on my late American born Mom's side. I spend a lot of time in the Middle East(Western Asia) actually, I was recently just over there for a period of almost three months and will soon be returning for another almost two months primarily for personnel family related reasons etc. My late Mom visited Hong Kong and mainland China way back in the 1980's when it was all a completely different world to what it is now along with various other neighbouring nations within the region etc. I've long wanted to visit not only Hong Kong but mainland China and some of it's regional neighbours for as long as I can remember really. Anyway I see you're a Geordie and NUFC fan huh? I'm a big Liverpool fan with a big soft spot for Scottish football(my team in the SPL is Glasgow Rangers). The opposition supporters I seem to have the best bond with are by far Geordies, class acts all round and by far some of the nicest people I've ever met after Scousers and Glaswegians in my opinion. There's a British born TH-camr originally from Manchester based in HK called Sam and his channel is called "Hong Kong hoods" unfortunately he supports MUFC but he's a great guy! I do TH-cam myself actually and I'll leave you with this pal, the South China morning post has a video on their YT channel about the old walled city where they speak to former residents etc, whereas across the water in Japan there is an arcade where the old walled city has been masterfully recreated, they've even gone as far to import trash(rubbish) from Hong Kong!
I can just imagine the feeling of the energy there..if ur sensitive to that kind of thing.*shivers*.there are video games based on this place.. history is fascinating..thanks for showing us ☺️
this flat is good have a separate kitchen and toilet and 3 bed room, market value may be around 5000000 hkd，the poor family(3 people) will live in a sub-divided unit (150 sq ft include toilet and sleeping area ,no kitchen,have to cook on the floor) , normal people(family of 3) will be living in a 2 bedroom flat 300-400 sq ft and pay 30 year mortgage
actually the apartments at the Monster building is MUCH larger than some modern 'Luxury' apartments! Although more often than not landlords would subdivide this one apartment this size into 2-3 individual apartments!
well done getting show of one the flats ....perspective viewers really wanted to see ....KUDOS on doing that .....very surprising ....whole place is overwhelmingly dystopian and some how it has a charm about it i like ......
I wondered by small apartments in big buildings are called mansions. I stayed in a hostel up in Chungking Mansions that's centrally located easy for tourists, but a very most compact sort of living in very small tight rooms. It's a most urban sort of city full of people. Thanks for showing what I didn't see nor know about.
she is not showing you a better one, this apartment is average. Dont judge by the look of the building, its just very old skool HK style due to the super high population here. You will find many similar buildings in HK.. Interior is not that bad as you think it would be.
My apologies haha, this is the first video which has gained traction with a lot of new followers watching for the first time and so I often forget to explain these things. It's my wife, we travel together in every video :)
WOW, I don't normally watch stuff like this, but I saw ya TOON shirt so give it a watch, I've got to say I enjoyed your video, you don't hear about stuff like this from china so it was a nice surprise
38:08 The name You mentioned Charles Bronson remind me of Tom Hardy😂, who is my favourite English movie star!😂He starred the movie ，love it!BTW,😊I'm so glad you came to Hong Kong.❤I wish you a pleasant journey!
There's nothing traggic about the Walled City. Basically back in 1860 when the Empire took over Kowloon as well, the Chinese kingdom didn't want to give up the Walled City, and the Empired respected that, but then the Chinese kingdom was overthrown, and then no one controlled the city until early 1990s.
Guy spends 20 mins telling everyone how hellish the people of Hong Kong have it, only to go to a house and show us a space most people in Newcastle could only dream of.
Brother, I am from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Brother, I would request you to come to my city. The biggest fair Maha Kumbh is going to be held in my city in January. Please come.
I have lived in both Hong Kong and Singapore and I’d choose Singapore hands down. Towns and housing is planned to ensure there is a park and green space 10mins from anywhere u live. Trees line the footpaths and effort to plant greenery is everywhere. Housing blocks are intentionally built to ensure space between each block. Also renting is ensured that Hong Kong’s infamous cage homes will never happen in Singapore.
I think I heard a resident of "Monster building" talking about their living condition online. She personally don't like people calling this "Monster building". It's just an old community without fancy renovation. But it's just very normal community. They live their live here. Not a crime scene, not a slum.
Also, it wasn't really a "British built affordable hosing project". It's built by private company, probably Local Hong Kong company. But yes, housing was very affordable at that time. People with a stable income used to be able to save up and buy those in such a central location.
@@li_tsz_fung you dont even know... you admit that yourself, so, why should we believe that? You said probably, meaning you admit you do not know. Bye now.
Its strange but when i look up your reference about Disneyland with the Death Penalty , by William Gibson. It is said it is an article, not a book and about about Singapore. Is there a link you can produce with a reference to the book please?
My apologies, you're right it was actually one of Gibson's essays that he wrote this in. Although the essay is about Singapore, he talks about his experience flying to Hong Kong from Changi Airport. I've taken the extract here for you: So I avoided eye contact, straightened my tie, and assumed the position that would eventually get me on the Cathay Pacific's flight to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong I'd seen huge matte black butterflies flapping around the customs hall, nobody paying them the least attention. I'd caught a glimpse of the Walled City of Kowloon, too. Maybe I could catch another, before the future comes to tear it down. Traditionally the home of pork-butchers, unlicensed denturists, and dealers in heroin, the Walled City still stands at the foot of a runway, awaiting demolition. Some kind of profound embarrassment to modern China, its clearance has long been made a condition of the looming change of hands. Hive of dream. Those mismatched, uncalculated windows. How they seemed to absorb all the frantic activity of Kai Tak airport, sucking in energy like a black hole. I was ready for something like that … I loosened my tie, clearing Singapore airspace.
movies were made to show the chaos in Kowloon city, especially the system corruption of the Hong Kong police in 1960s to 1970s before the establishment of ICAC department
I was fully expecting to see a US project alike inside, full of drugs and crimes, only to find out the apt is rather decent. :) Nonetheless, why didn't the HK government spend some money to rebuild the place and improve people's quality of living??? Thank you for sharing this side of the city
Its a difficult problem I'm sure. One note about the apartment we visited, this is a full empty suite which the buyer could then subdivide into múltiple tiny apartments or even a dormitary/Cage home
How come you only mentioned brothels, casinos, opium dens, and dog meat stalls? Did you see that they had a lot of various types of factories and unlicensed dentists too? The dentists were actually licensed dentists in Mainland China who couldn't get a license in HK. So they are not scary dark alley kangaroo dentists.
I like how you approach travel as a learning experience, immersing yourself in the history and engaging with its people. Your willingness to learn and check your own biases, is refreshing. For that, I'm rooting for you and wish you much success on TH-cam.
Very kind thank you so much
I am local ppl who haven't been to the monster building🤣I am glad that you enjoy the visit and the women who invited you to visit the flat was so kind😀
For real she’s doing it for free 💀
A hongkonger here! Thatnk you for adressin this! Bless you and your channel, and also, UNDERRATED VIDEO
his people came to the land and failed it. SHAME ON YOU
@@cinnamonstar808 what do you mean?
@@close_all_tabs i know, i knew it
I grew up in Hong Kong in the 1980s, and I had absolutely no idea about the walled city back then. It was only a few years ago that I started reading and learning about it. I guess I had been somewhat insulated in a lower middle-class family living in a typical lower middle-class neighbourhood - not rich, by any stretch of the imagination, but we had what we needed. I didn't know much about how the other side lived.
I haven't been back to Hong Kong in about 5 years now, but the next time I make it back there, I plan to go and see the walled city park.
That lady was nice to show you inside the building. It’s actually surprising to see that it’s actually not bad inside.
Recently, there is a awarded movie called: "Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In" in 2024 which is about the walled city.
Quite a lot of people say that it is not bad. Recommended
First time discovering your vlog, it's amazing to have a flat tour inside the mysterious monster building!
Absolutely
Really interesting and enjoyable. Thank you xx
Getting the estate agent to let you see a place to rent was a simple but genius idea. I’ve always had the idea of going to Kowloon and filming this then going to Quarry Bay just as you did but I don’t need to now 😅 all the videos on my channel are about the walled city so this was a treat to watch thanks mate nice video 👌🏼
Well done! I really enjoyed that!
This was quite interesting and informative.
Thank you.
This was great. Thanks for showing us around, Jack! :)
Another excellent video! Very well done. I hope your woman doesn't get tired of listening to you talk talk talk.
Be safe and happy on your travels.
Haha thanks for the kind words!
what a beautiful rain mate 1:28 love it. sitting right now in dry sahara, you wont believe it how much rain is needed here
My mom used to live in the walled city and she said it was miserable.6 siblings and 120sqf
Well now we live in happy valley and it is super nice.come visit our home Blue pool road 89
Hi Jack, very informative video, I wondered if you could have mentioned Jackie Pullinger, the Christian evangelist who arrived in the walled city in 1968 I believe and still remains in Hong Kong now.
She wrote a great book "chasing the dragon " about her ministry to all in the walled city.
She was famously interviewed a few times by Alan Whicker the tv globetrotter.
Wow, couldn't beiieve you've got the chance to go and see the cramped apartment inside! Majority of locals don't event have the chance. Good job!
Well done for visiting the site of Kowloon Walled City! Its history is indeed very interesting. It was once called "the deregulated by the three" - "three" means the Chinese, British and HongKong governments. None of the three authorities governed that tiny place (back in the first half of 19th centeury the north of Boundary Street in Kowloon, inclu. the Walled City did not belong to Britain yet, despite that it was the de facto administrator and ruler). In theory it remained to be the Chinese emperor's territory until 1898 when Britain took over the whole of Kowloon and New Territories (i.e. the city of HongKong as everybody knows ever since).
I’m just a student and never lived or witnessed the walled city in my eyes, but I have watched a TV programme introducing the place, although it’s dense, dark, dirty and dangerous (ok that’s unintentional alliteration 🤣), I’ve heard that the former residents described that the people get along well and it’s very harmonious, they also unite together and stayed strong, but yeah, indeed the living conditions are horrible and unhygienic, they remember when they’re kids they run around in this narrow maze, and get out very quickly to afraid getting lost
They had some good memories :)
When I was a high school student in the 70s, my school was located in Kowloon City which was not far away from the walled city. I went to walled city once for lunch with my classmates. The place was crowded and we walked through some narrow corridors. The residents were indeed very harmonious.
@@HAHA-dm6jv wow, glad to hear that :)
I really love u both seeing together,you both are adorable together,stay blessed 💫
Excellent video guys. That apartment you went into was surprizingly nice.
When I waas a kid, I used walk past the outside of the Kowloon City but never realise the seediness of it. You should watched the new HK movie Twilight of the Warriors : Walled In , it's about what is happening inside this Kowloon City which is a really fascinating!
And yes, flats in HK are very very small in average. The one you viewed is relatively modest in size!
I found out about the walled city a few years ago and have always found it very interesting ever since. I love learning about its history
mate, I'm glad you had a lovely holiday, but that's not the dark side of Hong Kong. That apartment was luxury compared to some places I've been in. You should come up to some of the villages and meet the locals.
need a update video with this guy
A very good movie named Twilight of the warriors: walled is playing in HK.
i was from HK, but moved away at a young age. I enjoyed this video and your dedication to continue the tour despite the torrential rain fall.
I am from HK, and I grew up on the Hk island side. I have never been to this building. Thanks for showing.
Excellent presentation. With all my trips back to HK I never knew about the jail or the walled city park, I may have even been to the actual walled city.
Thank you so much for this video it’s very interesting to see what life is like and what it use to be like in Hong Kong. Keep up the great work. Love you both ❤❤
This is an educational video. Excellent! Very well done.
Poor Paige, does Jack ever take you to fancy touristy places of interest?😂 Jokes aside, another interesting "off the beaten track" travel vlog👍
A very informative and eye-opening video to watch. Thanks for taking the time to show us the other way of living. Mad!
I love HONGKONG as being my birth place, and thankyou soo much letting me know the dark side of the past, even Jack's parents lived in HONGKONG for some time too, anyway, you guys have fun there
Your wife is a really good travel partner to you❤❤I enjoyed this video so much. Thanks for sharing.
-Texas
身為香港人.從未進入這座住宅..謝謝你們~🎉
There is a recent movie about the Kowloon Walled City which is called that you may check this in (it is even premiere worldwide including UK). The property agent lady was so kind to show you how the flat interior looks like. And welcome to the typical HK rain weather by the way (the rain is quite different to the UK isn't it)
thank you for the very good sharing 👍🏼
Great video what camera do you use? Great quality
Very good video need seen Hong Kong . Learning a lot. There is some pretty part of Hong Kong . Thank you😊
gotta remember 7.5 million people here and space is at a premium, a hell of lot of new flats are being built starting at 200sqft upwards. Want a house, its gonna cost ya 16 grand a month sterling upwards!, even 200sq ft in a new built aprtment complex is gonna be well north of 1000 quid a month. hk is utter nuts, but been my home for 10+ years, still fab tho
Believe it or not, the whole 7.5 mill people only occupied 30% of the HK available land.
like nyc, criminal city only criminals and wallstreet stock market criminals can afford
I live & work in Hong Kong, arrived 24 years ago. The prison - when it was still active was opposite my office building.
The big tree in the prison courtyard has always been there. It is referred to as the hanging tree. When the area was being converted advice was requested on Feng Shui - cutting the tree down. It was advised against for several reasons and that’s why it remains.
There are some great bars and restaurants in the former prison building.
Great insight thank you Elizabeth!
You’re welcome
ha what job... 😅 lady of night?
16:12 I once was walking along the footpath under this building, and about 3ft-4ft behind me, a plant pot smashed of the floor, was so lucky will never forget that
Waiting video from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
That was awesome. Ill never get a chance to go. Thanks for the trip. ❤
Yes 🙌🏼 awesome I watch loads of these kinda vids but a Geordie wearing the home colours cmon ❤ love it great vid too
1:50 I’ve cycled here (there’s a cycling track) for over 10 times, usually come here on a Sunday if me and my brother feel like having fun
It’s very cool that I can be faster than the cars on Carpenter Road when I’m going down the slope 🤣
I'm an American-Briton who grew up with the best of both worlds in the U.S and U.K, I'm also of Middle Eastern and Eastern European descent on my Dad's side, whereas I'm a mix of English,Scottish and Welsh on my late American born Mom's side.
I spend a lot of time in the Middle East(Western Asia) actually, I was recently just over there for a period of almost three months and will soon be returning for another almost two months primarily for personnel family related reasons etc.
My late Mom visited Hong Kong and mainland China way back in the 1980's when it was all a completely different world to what it is now along with various other neighbouring nations within the region etc.
I've long wanted to visit not only Hong Kong but mainland China and some of it's regional neighbours for as long as I can remember really.
Anyway I see you're a Geordie and NUFC fan huh? I'm a big Liverpool fan with a big soft spot for Scottish football(my team in the SPL is Glasgow Rangers).
The opposition supporters I seem to have the best bond with are by far Geordies, class acts all round and by far some of the nicest people I've ever met after Scousers and Glaswegians in my opinion.
There's a British born TH-camr originally from Manchester based in HK called Sam and his channel is called "Hong Kong hoods" unfortunately he supports MUFC but he's a great guy!
I do TH-cam myself actually and I'll leave you with this pal, the South China morning post has a video on their YT channel about the old walled city where they speak to former residents etc, whereas across the water in Japan there is an arcade where the old walled city has been masterfully recreated, they've even gone as far to import trash(rubbish) from Hong Kong!
Jack now should make vlog about England specially Your City 😊
He wouldn't want to do that.
@@hermesliteratus882 why? For security purpose?
So very interesting ! This was great!❤
Thank you so much 😁
I am watch your all videos... really good 🎉🎉
Nice velog brother 🥰
I can just imagine the feeling of the energy there..if ur sensitive to that kind of thing.*shivers*.there are video games based on this place.. history is fascinating..thanks for showing us ☺️
this flat is good have a separate kitchen and toilet and 3 bed room, market value may be around 5000000 hkd，the poor family(3 people) will live in a sub-divided unit (150 sq ft include toilet and sleeping area ,no kitchen,have to cook on the floor) , normal people(family of 3) will be living in a 2 bedroom flat 300-400 sq ft and pay 30 year mortgage
36:16 "just CASUALLY wash his hands afterwards" you are such a good storyteller🤣🤣
actually the apartments at the Monster building is MUCH larger than some modern 'Luxury' apartments! Although more often than not landlords would subdivide this one apartment this size into 2-3 individual apartments!
Jack and Paige are more than just your average travellers. They told a story about the places they went to.
well done getting show of one the flats ....perspective viewers really wanted to see ....KUDOS on doing that .....very surprising ....whole place is overwhelmingly dystopian and some how it has a charm about it i like ......
When I was living in Kowloon I did not know such place.
honestly love when a foreigner recounts the living conditions of a place they've never been to
I wondered by small apartments in big buildings are called mansions. I stayed in a hostel up in Chungking Mansions that's centrally located easy for tourists, but a very most compact sort of living in very small tight rooms. It's a most urban sort of city full of people. Thanks for showing what I didn't see nor know about.
Great presenting very interesting
It's like the weather in Newcastle atm haha great video I never knew this existed in hong
It was hard to persevere with this video as I squelched around in my sodden trainers but Im glad it turned out alright haha
Can't deny that some areas are miserable!
Welcome to HK❤ Nice to see a Geordie in town
Well this a very interesting video...amazing...
she is not showing you a better one, this apartment is average. Dont judge by the look of the building, its just very old skool HK style due to the super high population here. You will find many similar buildings in HK.. Interior is not that bad as you think it would be.
Very interesting video ❤
Thank you!
I wish you would introduce the woman following you who gave you her umbrella.
My apologies haha, this is the first video which has gained traction with a lot of new followers watching for the first time and so I often forget to explain these things. It's my wife, we travel together in every video :)
How rare that the leasing agent let u see the flat even u just a tourist…
Had to watch again, brilliant, eat your heart out Bald, million views at least
Jackie pulliger mbe was a famous brit who lived and worked in the walled city
WOW, I don't normally watch stuff like this, but I saw ya TOON shirt so give it a watch, I've got to say I enjoyed your video, you don't hear about stuff like this from china so it was a nice surprise
Very interesting. They could make a horror movie in that building.
38:08 The name You mentioned Charles Bronson remind me of Tom Hardy😂, who is my favourite English movie star!😂He starred the movie ，love it!BTW,😊I'm so glad you came to Hong Kong.❤I wish you a pleasant journey!
There's nothing traggic about the Walled City. Basically back in 1860 when the Empire took over Kowloon as well, the Chinese kingdom didn't want to give up the Walled City, and the Empired respected that, but then the Chinese kingdom was overthrown, and then no one controlled the city until early 1990s.
What is so horrible, is that there are areas like this all around the world. They still exist....
Omg that realtor was so nice to show you that for free
Big fan brother from Pakistan 🇵🇰
That monster building apartment is way bigger than my place in Toronto 💀
Really interesting
Guy spends 20 mins telling everyone how hellish the people of Hong Kong have it, only to go to a house and show us a space most people in Newcastle could only dream of.
He’s a drama queen making sensationalist statements.
Brother, I am from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Brother, I would request you to come to my city. The biggest fair Maha Kumbh is going to be held in my city in January. Please come.
I have lived in both Hong Kong and Singapore and I’d choose Singapore hands down. Towns and housing is planned to ensure there is a park and green space 10mins from anywhere u live. Trees line the footpaths and effort to plant greenery is everywhere. Housing blocks are intentionally built to ensure space between each block. Also renting is ensured that Hong Kong’s infamous cage homes will never happen in Singapore.
SG is all man-made. Nothing natural. HK has amazing country parks, hiking and beaches, if you ever got out of the City.
I think I heard a resident of "Monster building" talking about their living condition online. She personally don't like people calling this "Monster building". It's just an old community without fancy renovation. But it's just very normal community. They live their live here. Not a crime scene, not a slum.
Also, it wasn't really a "British built affordable hosing project". It's built by private company, probably Local Hong Kong company. But yes, housing was very affordable at that time. People with a stable income used to be able to save up and buy those in such a central location.
@@li_tsz_fung you dont even know... you admit that yourself, so, why should we believe that? You said probably, meaning you admit you do not know. Bye now.
it is a slum also... its documented in history, he said it
This monster building is the background of moive name (Transformer) in hk.
Went a few years ago was class ! Toon army!
Kind of made me laugh that you didnt introduce yourself to the real estate agent until you were finished exploring the unit 🤣🤣
Its strange but when i look up your reference about Disneyland with the Death Penalty , by William Gibson. It is said it is an article, not a book and about about Singapore. Is there a link you can produce with a reference to the book please?
My apologies, you're right it was actually one of Gibson's essays that he wrote this in. Although the essay is about Singapore, he talks about his experience flying to Hong Kong from Changi Airport. I've taken the extract here for you:
So I avoided eye contact, straightened my tie, and assumed the position that would eventually get me on the Cathay Pacific's flight to Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong I'd seen huge matte black butterflies flapping around the customs hall, nobody paying them the least attention. I'd caught a glimpse of the Walled City of Kowloon, too. Maybe I could catch another, before the future comes to tear it down.
Traditionally the home of pork-butchers, unlicensed denturists, and dealers in heroin, the Walled City still stands at the foot of a runway, awaiting demolition. Some kind of profound embarrassment to modern China, its clearance has long been made a condition of the looming change of hands.
Hive of dream. Those mismatched, uncalculated windows. How they seemed to absorb all the frantic activity of Kai Tak airport, sucking in energy like a black hole.
I was ready for something like that …
I loosened my tie, clearing Singapore airspace.
01:50 "no dogs allowed... funny that 30 years ago everything was allowed" - spot on!
Hey love from INDIA 🇮🇳
First India video is live on our channel now! We're back in INDIA!
@@JackAynsleyTravel I have seen ,I can't miss that ,love to see you both in india back ,must visit kota of Rajasthan
it was freedom and i am tired of pretending it wasn't
Nice!
Indeed.
14,000 HKD?? Jesus Christ, that's pricey.
I learned about the dark side of Hong Kong in the movie Bloodsport.
That’s a great film
Once you walk through the narrow corridors, it's time to protect your nuts guys!
Classic!
好大的雨😂
Typhoon season then HKG has changed a lot over the years
movies were made to show the chaos in Kowloon city, especially the system corruption of the Hong Kong police in 1960s to 1970s before the establishment of ICAC department
这个视频看的我有点窒息，即使看一些旅游博主游览 叙利亚 伊拉克 老挝 斯里兰卡等这种受到战乱影响或者极度不发达的国家，也只是觉得衰败和原始，没有给我这样的窒息感。我们平常看到的香港都是光鲜的一面，即使我最要好的香港朋友也从来没有邀请我去他们家里做客，看完这个视频才明白为什么。不知道如何描述现在的心情，只能说这让我陷入了沉思。
全球也有貧富問題😥
香港是一個貧富懸殊很嚴重的社會,有很多人也住在不適切的居住環境😮💨希望現屆政府可以發展更多的經濟支柱,不要再食老本行“炒樓”讓香港人安居樂業😊
@@yamman9424 同意你的观点,世界各地都有贫富悬殊的地方,只是有些地方没有媒体曝光出来,现在有了大湾区,港珠澳大桥也开通了,香港和内地之间来往更加便捷,这是一个契机,相信香港发展会越来越好,加油😊
I was fully expecting to see a US project alike inside, full of drugs and crimes, only to find out the apt is rather decent. :) Nonetheless, why didn't the HK government spend some money to rebuild the place and improve people's quality of living??? Thank you for sharing this side of the city
Its a difficult problem I'm sure. One note about the apartment we visited, this is a full empty suite which the buyer could then subdivide into múltiple tiny apartments or even a dormitary/Cage home
How come you only mentioned brothels, casinos, opium dens, and dog meat stalls? Did you see that they had a lot of various types of factories and unlicensed dentists too? The dentists were actually licensed dentists in Mainland China who couldn't get a license in HK. So they are not scary dark alley kangaroo dentists.
He’s just being a drama 🎭 queen 👸