Comments on: Kowloon Walled City: The Modern Pirate Utopia

By: Derrick

Derrick — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:07:03 +0000

A similar place exists today in Mumbai, India. It’s called Dharavi. It’s a thriving, mostly lawless area which packs something like a million people into a square mile. It’s certainly not utopia, but it’s nonetheless a fascinating hotbed of micro-entrepreneurship.

Here’s a YouTube intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW35myugiMA

There are actually four parts to the above video. I can’t find the other parts right now, but they’re quite fascinating and worth seeking out.

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By: Ricky

Ricky — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:32:11 +0000

I have been reading ur article and can’t help but feel you are not balanced in your portrayal of teh Walled City. I don’t mind saying that the people who have written comments like “i wish it were still there” and “love to visit”, have made me feel sick to my stomach. The Walled City of Kowloon was not a place to visit nor was it a thriving version of self determined modern society. It was a 100 % triad run, opium, heroin and prostitution hell hole. With no water, for the most part, no plumbing at all and many dying peopel living within. I have known many aid workers who have worked amongst the city and believe me it is a blessed miracle that the City is gone, both for the inhabitants and for the world at large.

Serioulsy people… wake up to reality

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By: Sam Cheng

Sam Cheng — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:10:39 +0000

areya, I grew up in HK but never been to Rio. I’ll say the KWC is much much more crowded. It had 50,000 people in 26,000 square meter or about 2 million people per 1 square km. HK has a moderate size of about 1000 square km. If the entire HK had this population density, there would be 2 billion people in Hong Kong… almost double the entire population of China!

By: areya

areya — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:05:49 +0000

Pardon my ignorance but how is the walled city different from the favelas in Rio?

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The Tech Gonzo Diary » Coilhouse issue 3 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:19:52 +0000

[...] It includes an extended version of my friend, Mr David Forbes, excellent piece on that former pirate utopia, the Walled City of Kowloon. [...]

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By: Judith Thelen

Judith Thelen — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:50:26 +0000

Hello, I was in Hong Kong, on my way to China with my husband. We walked around the first morning before our flight to Shangahi. We came upon the Walled City (we were staying that anairport hotel near there) and were facinated. I was awe struck and have never been able to get it out of my mind. Such a piece of history. It’s a shame it is gone. I grieve for it.