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Mong Kok Beat, Mong Kok Voices |
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Written by Yao Yiwen
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
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Page 1 of 3 "Greatest cities have the capability of providing something for
everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody."
-- Jane Jacobs
Located
in the heart of Kowloon, Mongkok captures the extreme urban density and
neon nightscape of the city with a diverse overlap of public and
private spaces making a remarkable interactive meilting pot of
activities.
It is a city within a city and mainly inhabited by the local lower
middle class; it is a place where old and new exist elbow to elbow;
where traditional and modern Hong Kong clashes.
Mong Kok is created by its people, but each one has a different view of
Mong Kok. Upper floor residents may complain about falling ceilings
and noises, but youngsters don't care. They flood into this area for
shopping, eating, and going to movies.
Mong Lok is home to new immigrants, energetic consumers and numerous
traders. It is a place of shopping malls and chain stores, of noodle
shops and traditional shop hpuses. Mong Kok is the most
densely-populated neighbourhood in the world, according to the Guiness
Book of World Records.
Do PEOPLE like Mong Kok?
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 December 2008 )
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