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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  • @areasevenpro
    @areasevenpro 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +85

    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
      @Hkchinese888 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      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
      @windmacher 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      And Ghost in a Shell.

    • @decentraIize
      @decentraIize 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Hkchinese888 I love these types of movie

    • @user-ws1bx5xb8s
      @user-ws1bx5xb8s 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Cyberpunk had its large mega-apartments.

    • @arshiftikhar4500
      @arshiftikhar4500 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Judge dredd film is based on this city,

  • @szelongchang
    @szelongchang 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    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
      @barbram8001 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Slum lord?

  • @envitech02
    @envitech02 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +54

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

    • @quyenluong3705
      @quyenluong3705 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Still had an accent

    • @lungchan1729
      @lungchan1729 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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
    @knightforlorn6731 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    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
      @roym.dossantos 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      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
    @cheeru6457 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

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

  • @orphes4989
    @orphes4989 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

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

  • @cheche1301
    @cheche1301 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Thank you for this report. Glad i saw it

  • @Tommy-xy1eh
    @Tommy-xy1eh 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

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

  • @patrickkaiserliew3691
    @patrickkaiserliew3691 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very informative.

  • @kcalb3180
    @kcalb3180 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I was 10 when we moved out, and I still missed all the friendly people there.

  • @CastleLager-lf5eu
    @CastleLager-lf5eu 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Looks better than any Indian city for sure 👍🏻

    • @franktoh3041
      @franktoh3041 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

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

    • @devilwithangelicheart7133
      @devilwithangelicheart7133 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

    • @oxy2986
      @oxy2986 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      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
    @leocyh123 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @stevensims3342
    @stevensims3342 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @issiewizzie
    @issiewizzie 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    goodness this would make an interesting filming location

  • @iPadPipi
    @iPadPipi 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    thank you 🤗

  • @MrJasonghost
    @MrJasonghost 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Will visit 1 day

    • @10yrsjointguy
      @10yrsjointguy 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      it’s torn down alr

    • @MrJasonghost
      @MrJasonghost 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The site

  • @KNful
    @KNful 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    this reminds me of Mugenjou from Getbackers 😬

  • @JamesJiansen
    @JamesJiansen 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    why they keep reuploading this

  • @kl9518
    @kl9518 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    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. 😂

  • @putiputain1230
    @putiputain1230 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    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
      @waisinglee1509 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      It was pulled down 30 years ago...

  • @nazhif1
    @nazhif1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    reupload?

  • @genchwanlim2970
    @genchwanlim2970 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    why the reupload?

    • @fhs7838
      @fhs7838 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @barbram8001
    @barbram8001 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What happened to Hong Kong?

  • @jimmydean4152
    @jimmydean4152 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    repost?

  • @notnice9873
    @notnice9873 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

    • @lollydolly6004
      @lollydolly6004 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      they already do, its called Twilight of the Warriors

  • @Nelson__Mandela
    @Nelson__Mandela 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Once again, humanity won over lawlessness and negligence

  • @axjagfilms
    @axjagfilms 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the box

  • @arshiftikhar4500
    @arshiftikhar4500 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Judge dredd film is based on this city,

  • @SubwayStreetvendorblocki-hn1wy
    @SubwayStreetvendorblocki-hn1wy 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    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.

  • @goodo5691
    @goodo5691 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @goodciro
    @goodciro 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bloodsport vibes

  • @williamchen1997
    @williamchen1997 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

    • @kl9518
      @kl9518 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      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
      @sheepcs4952 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😅😅😅

  • @francispua3210
    @francispua3210 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    COD Black Ops: Hong Kong mission

  • @alisterbedindang407
    @alisterbedindang407 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Meteor city

  • @Hkchinese888
    @Hkchinese888 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

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

    • @RSCB
      @RSCB 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      2mmx2mm

    • @DDDrumpf
      @DDDrumpf 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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
      @isleephungry 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

    • @wynn3077
      @wynn3077 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      😂 Attack of the Chinese bots .

    • @wynn3077
      @wynn3077 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@ToiChutGongWu😂 Got you again 3-0

  • @USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534
    @USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

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

    • @Tommy-xy1eh
      @Tommy-xy1eh 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes - beautiful ❤

  • @locadeva
    @locadeva 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @fendisugiri1247
    @fendisugiri1247 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hive Cities of the future.

  • @USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534
    @USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

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

  • @Anti-CornLawLeague
    @Anti-CornLawLeague 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Anything for cheap rents.

  • @benderbendingrofriguez3300
    @benderbendingrofriguez3300 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    somebody show this video to all these pro democracy guys

    • @misterbig9025.
      @misterbig9025. 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hong kong is going to become worse than Kowloon walled city

  • @nextlastChang
    @nextlastChang 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    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
      @josephwu3136 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      All those countries are light years ahead of India.

    • @josephwu3136
      @josephwu3136 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

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

    • @_lalapop
      @_lalapop 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      question: what did china ever do in argentina

    • @franktoh3041
      @franktoh3041 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

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

    • @nicholasfooong.
      @nicholasfooong. 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@_lalapop destroyed their economy using peronists

  • @taiwanstillisntacountry
    @taiwanstillisntacountry 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

    • @misterbig9025.
      @misterbig9025. 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      your english skill is also non existent

    • @oxy2986
      @oxy2986 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @raihan8097
    @raihan8097 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    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
      @taiwanstillisntacountry 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🏳️1962🏳️
      🚽🧻👍🏼

    • @Lvisredalin
      @Lvisredalin 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Beep boop BOT detected 🤖

    • @RSCB
      @RSCB 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Womp Womp

    • @RSCB
      @RSCB 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      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
      @Hkchinese888 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      We miss British rule
      🇬🇧🇬🇧

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    @AleDuke-fd5qz 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

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    • @misterbig9025.
      @misterbig9025. 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Bot

    • @Hkchinese888
      @Hkchinese888 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      why so many beggars in China-quora

    • @Hkchinese888
      @Hkchinese888 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dongguan homeless--yt

    • @Hkchinese888
      @Hkchinese888 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      chyna rotten tail building-yt

    • @Hkchinese888
      @Hkchinese888 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      chidians are desperate---scmp