Growing up in the Kowloon Walled City, Albert Ng Kam-po and his friends would go to the roof and fly kites that could almost scrape the bellies of airliners as they descended to Kai Tak airport...
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14 May 2013
Developers wishing to replace houses with high-rises will in many cases have to pay a land premium after a game-changing ruling from the city's top court. The ruling could result in billions of...
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8 Apr 2013
A man who drove against the traffic to evade an officer caused mayhem in Kowloon City yesterday morning, hitting four vehicles before abandoning his car and taking off on foot.
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6 Mar 2013
Q: My employer pays me a monthly rental allowance of over HK$10,000 and I am entitled to this for two more years. I have been using it to rent an apartment, but as property prices keep climbing, I...
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The Avery, at 16 Hau Wong Road, will have 78 flats on 24 storeys. Forty are studio units and 38 are one-bedroom units. Typical flat sizes range between 313 and 439 sq ft in terms of gross floor...
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10 Dec 2012
A lump of concrete standing in the middle of a construction site on Mok Cheong Street in Kowloon is all that is left of the Eastern Cotton Mills, one of the largest spinning factories set up in...
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Half the lanes of a 300-metre section of Ma Tau Wai Road in Kowloon City will be closed from next month while an underground station is built for the Sha Tin to Central rail link.
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Air ventilation in Kowloon City and its neighbouring districts will become as bad as Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei if the government adds more flats at Kai Tak, a former government adviser fears.
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Ninety-two streets have been identified as black spots for vehicles with idling engines, with Kowloon City and Yau Tsim Mong the districts most affected, environment officials say.
Many of...
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Q: I live in Sha Tin but plan to move closer to my daughter's school in Kowloon City. I would like to buy a two-bedroom flat in districts such as Kowloon City or To Kwa Wan. My budget is less than...
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Three dilapidated areas in Kowloon City covering about 30 streets have been identified as priority redevelopment zones under a plan backed by residents and district councillors.
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Three dilapidated areas in Kowloon City covering about 30 streets have been identified as priority redevelopment zones under a plan backed by residents and district councillors.
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