At Apliu Street Flea market visitors can pick up bargain electronic goods and antique trinkets. Kowloon Walled City Park was originally a Chinese military fort. However, after Hong Kong was leased to Britain in , it became a lawless enclave, a city within a city, where many criminals flocked.
Buildings inside the Walled City were constructed illegally and by , the Walled City contained 50, residents within its six-acre borders. From the s to the s, it was controlled by local gangs and had high rates of prostitution, gambling and drug abuse.
The slum was finally demolished in and reopened in as a beautiful Chinese-style garden. Some historical artefacts from the Walled City, including its yamen building a space formerly used for government administration and remnants of its South Gate, have been preserved there.
Each bar and club has its own unique feature or theme. Some are decorated as Shanghai in the s, some boast live band performances, while others offer amazing views of the Hong Kong skyline at night.
Eyebar in the iSquare mall has outdoor seating for balmier evenings. Aqua Spirit, located on the 30th floor of Peking Road Shopping Arcade, offers an uninterrupted vista through floor-to-ceiling windows in a sophisticated setting.
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Hong Kong ranks as the 4th most dense country in terms of the relationship between population and total area. Hong Kong is broken up into three territories. The New Territories are located in the northern region of Hong Kong. To the south lies Hong Kong Island. A few bodies of water surround Hong Kong. Tai Mo Shan, a coastal peak central to the New Territories, reaches an altitude of 3, The lowest point of elevation in Hong Kong is along the southern border, where the land meets the water of the South China Sea.
This point is 0 feet above sea level, seeing that it is level with the sea. Where is Hong Kong in the World?
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