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Tearing the Urban Heart out of Hong Kong

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May 15, 2007
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For centuries, going back to the Sung Dynasty, the district now known as Kwun Tong in Kowloon was translated as “officials’ wealth hub,” it was an area of salt fields owned by court officials that eventually would evolve into Hong Kong’s largest industrial district, a thriving warren of factories, industrial units and teeming public and private housing …

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