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Old Kowloon City from "The Hill of King of the Sung"

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Old Kowloon City from "The Hill of King of the Sung"
Submitted by IDJ
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HKHAA

Scan of photo in the HKHAA collection.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Saturday, January 1, 1938
Gallery: 
1930s Hong Kong
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Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2018-12-13 08:05.

Kowloon City Police Station is at the junction of Prince Edward Road and Sai Kung and Kai Tak Roads.

Submitted by tngan on Thu, 2018-12-13 14:57.

Hi There,

The corner building in the middle appeared to be a fabrics\textile factory, as stated with the store sign in Chinese.  I am uncertain with the first word of the name as it is blurred, but it may be 義興祥布廠.

T

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2018-12-16 11:51.

Comment from IDJ, moved here from a duplicate copy of this photo:

The same balconyed building which features in the beached ship images appears in this picture of the Ping Street area. Few pictures of this part of Kowloon appear to exist. Apparently it all disappeared when the Japanese extended the airport.