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This photograph, taken about in about 1921, shows the farming land which was to be developed by the Kowloon Tong Company , providing some 250 houses for familes at "affordable rentals and amid proper surroundings". In 1924 it was reported that the project had been delayed by worker unrest but was still proceeding slowly with the first twenty units perhaps ready by mid-year. Cutting across the picture from left to right is the Kowloon Canton Ralway embankment, seen curving as it approaches the Beacon Hill tunnel. <Read more ...>
