Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Yau Ma Tei - Part 1 - Slightly less well-known little brother of the famous Mong Kok...



Yau Ma Tei, it may not be a very popular among tourists, but it's only minutes away from the famous Mong Kok. This is mainly an area mixed of residential and retail. There are still quite a few hidden treasures in the area, enough treasures for me to split this into separate parts.




The Yau Ma Tei fruit market (pictures to the left and above), this is a century old building, and still a working market.  Many wholesalers still operate in the market, and the busiest time and 4 to 6 am in the morning,
Just right next to the fruit market, it is the Yau Ma Tei theater, it was once the largest theater and the only remaining Pre-World War II theater in Kowloon.  Right around the corner down the street, there is a Red Brick Building, literally, was an engineer's office of the only remaining building of  the former pumping station, which was built in 1895.  It is the oldest pumping station in Hong Kong.  Now is being used as an administration building and an exhibit in conjunction along with the Yau Ma Tei theater.




Saturday, October 26, 2013

Kwun Tong - one of the major industrial areas of Hong Kong...

First stop, it's the industrial area of Hong Kong called Kwun Tong, and most tourists probably won't step foot here.  
The collage below are made up of pictures I took at Yue Man Square. Yue Man Square is the town center of Kwun Tong.  The government has planned to redevelop the town center, most of these old buildings will be tear down and make room for new skyscrapers. 

My attempt to show you a different Hong Kong...

This is my little project attempting to capture a different side of Hong Kong.
We all know the usual skyscrapers, the night view of the Victoria Harbor from the peak and the bustling street of the ladies market.  Many tourists probably never seen the other side of Hong Kong.  This side of Hong Kong is slowly disappearing, along with some of it's cultures and heritages.

Hopefully with this little project, I can help show people around the world what Hong Kong used to look like before the other side completely disappear.

Oh, hope all of you will enjoy the pictures, all of them are taken with my Samsung Galaxy S4 and edited using Fotor.