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Chinese Box (1997) – set and made at the time of Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China; the movie shows the actual temporary press room, specially set up for the press coverage of the handover, and located in the old part of the Exhibition Centre; The Pillow Book (1996) – by Peter Greenaway
In 1950, the Auxiliary Fire Service Unit was created to establish the Hong Kong Auxiliary Fire Brigade to provide additional manpower to regular fire brigade members under the Essential Services (Auxiliary Fire Service) Corps Regulations. In 1953, all Medical Corps vehicles and crew were transferred to the Fire Service.
To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American neo-noir [2] [3] action thriller film directed and co-written by William Friedkin.It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by former U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin.
Kowloon Walled City (Chinese: 九龍寨城) [a] was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave of China within the boundaries of Kowloon City of former British Hong Kong. Built as an imperial Chinese military fort , the walled city became a de jure enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898.
The programme involved demolishing the rest of the makeshift houses left untouched by the fire, and the construction of the Shek Kip Mei Low-cost Housing Estate in their stead. The apartments were small, only about 300 square feet (28 m 2). [citation needed] Each unit could house five people, and each building had a capacity of 2,500 residents. [2]
The Old Kowloon Fire Station is a former fire station in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Together with the Former Marine Police Headquarters, it is now part of a commercial complex called 1881 Heritage. The station is located at 33 Salisbury Road, at the corner with Kowloon Park Drive. [1]
In America is a 2002 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Jim Sheridan and his daughters, Naomi and Kirsten , focuses on an immigrant Irish family's struggle to start a new life in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter.
Victoria Dockside is a property development on the waterfront of Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong near East Tsim Sha Tsui station. [1] [2] [3] The development opened in stages between 2018 and 2019 [4] at a cost of US$2.6 billion. [3]