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This book is the catalogue of the exhibition, "Early Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peninsula". Many people are familiar with the tram services provided on Hong Kong Island, but do not know that in 1897 the Hong Kong government passed a tramway ordinance authorizing the Kowloon Godown to construct a tramway for transporting cargo in Kowloon. In the early 1910s, the Hong Kong Tramways Limited requested permission from the government to establish tramlines in Kowloon but this proposal was finally rejected. This exhibition features photographs focusing on the areas through which the proposed tramways were to be constructed. This includes the parts of Kowloon that were owned by the Colonial Government, such as Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Ho Man Tin, Mong Kok and Tai Kok Tsui, as well as those owned by the Chinese Government, such as Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City, To Kwa Wan and Hung Hom. Also included in the exhibition are images of then undeveloped areas such as Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Lei Yue Mun, and the new town of Tseung Kwan O.
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Hong Kong -- History, British Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Pictorial works., Hong Kong (China) -- Pictorial works., Kowloon -- History -- Pictorial works, Kowloon -- Pictorial worksPlaces
Kowloon (Hong Kong), Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong), Kowloon Tong (Hong Kong), Yau Ma Tei (Hong Kong), Mong Kok (Hong Kong), Sham Shui Po (Hong Kong), Hung Hom (Hong Kong), San Po Kong (Hong Kong), Ngau Tau Kok (Hong Kong), Kwun Tong (Hong Kong), Amoy Gardens (Hong Kong), Tiu Keng Leng (Hong Kong)Times
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香江半島:香港的早期九龍風光: Early Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula
2007, 香港大學美術博物館, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Xianggang da xue mei shu bo wu guan
in Chinese and English
9628038826 9789628038824
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229).
Chinese and English.
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