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Kowloon Walled City: The Lawless City “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” –Winston Churchill Many times in life new opportunities can appear in the worst situations, when everything seem to be lost, opportunities will appear to help overcome those challenges, but many times, people miss these opportunities because they give up. In history, there has been many times in which people, or communities suffer through terrible problems

The plans and narratives of the Kowloon Walled City have drastically changed through the years, as it has been an unrolled and unregulated enclave between the British and Chinese governments. It began as an officially planed Chinese military fort and afterwards witnessed three distinct stages of lawlessness, demolition and rebirth as an urban garden. It all officially began in the 16th century, when the Chinese built a defensive garrison town filled with soldiers, civil officers and their families

years after the handover back to China, and 7 years after Tsou Choi Tsang’s death, his work is still powerful and influential as it covers topics which several locals can relate to. Tsou Choi Tsang, better recognised by the title of the ‘King of Kowloon’ came to Hong Kong at the age of 16. He had very limited education. He worked as a construction worker, however a tragedy left him living on the support of crutches

It is worth noting that an aged graffiti artist in Hong Kong living under an eccentric self-imposed pseudonym of ‘King of Kowloon’, had managed to garner significant recognition from not only within the city in which he had created numerous works, but also from the international community. The so-called ‘King of Kowloon‘, whose actual name was known as Tsang Tsou Choi, passed away in 2007, but he remains in the memories of many as a major cultural icon of Hong Kong, a highly unique and innovative

Critically examine the response of Hong Kong government to the housing problems of the urban poor. Introduction: Hong Kong is a densely populated metropolitan so there are a lot of housing problems especially for the urban poor. As the housing problems in Hong Kong such as the shortage of housing units are getting more acute, it is worth making an in-depth analysis for the sake of gaining a deeper insight of the responses of the government in housing problems. I will focus on different measures

Good city thinking The following essay addresses the discourse around the good city, trying to understand the importance of having a thinking on the topic rather than providing solutions for a good city. Providing solutions for the good city pose questions such as: good for whom? what is good? etc. These questions prompt that good and city are two words that form more questions than answers. In these nebula of questions urban design plays an important role because its nature is in the urban and

Part 1: History and information of the company 維記⽜牛奶 (The Kowloon Dairy Ltd.) The Kowloon dairy Limited (stylized as Kowloon Dairy) is a local dairy company with headquarter in Hong Kong. It innovates and produces different type of products from fresh milk into a variety of recombined milk drinks, including Hi-Calcium milk, skimmed milk and different flavored milk, novelty Mochi Ice and specialty ice-cream products. Moreover, it specializes in the supply of coffee creamer, soft ice-cream mix, shake

Abstract This case study examines the decision making process of the Kowloon Development Company to the PrecisionTree decision tree software from Palisade. The Kowloon Development Company was faced with a major decision about their future investments. The General Manager of the Kowloon Development Company is usually involved in billion dollar investments, accurate decisions are needed. The company has to make a decision over the decision to purchase a new development project the total site area

However, the status of the Kowloon Dairy has not been changed, due to its reputable corporate image. It is the oldest brand in the market and customers are used to choosing Kowloon Dairy. Kowloon Dairy not only have higher nutrition value than its competition, but it also has good quality control. From the selection of feed, they monitor the living and health

Accounting 260 Major assignment Kowloon Tong ltd- Jordan ltd 1. Acquisition analysis at 1 July 2008 Net fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities of Jordan ltd = 60000 +30000 +21000+6000 +6000(1-30%) Inventory +1000(1-30%) Machinery +6000(1-30%) Land +8000(1-30%) Equipment