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Kowloon in Hong Kong HONG KONG hong-kong. kowloon Informations and links Kowloon32 hotels in Kowloon Map Kowloon Photos Kowloon ------------------------------- In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. Population (2000): 2,071,000. Population density: 44,000 people/km˛ or 112,000 people/mi˛. The peninsula's area is approximately 47 km˛ or 18.1 mi˛. It, together with Hong Kong Island, contains 47% of Hong Kong's total population. More accurate transcription Kau Lung or Kau-lung was often used in derived place names before World War II period, like Kau-lung Bay instead of Kowloon Bay. Kowloon is located north of Hong Kong Island and south of the mainland part of the New Territories. History Kowloon means nine dragons and represents the eight peaks (1.Castle Peak (583 m), 2.Tai Mo Shan (958 m), 3.Tate's Cairn (583 m), 4.Lion Rock (495 m), 5. Ma On Shan (702 m), 6. Kowloon Peak (602 m), 7. Sharp Peak (468 m), etc...) and the ninth being the Chinese emperor. The part of Kowloon south of Boundary Street, together with Stonecutters Island, was ceded from Qing China to United Kingdom under the Convention of Peking of 1860. For many years the area remained largely undeveloped, used by the British mainly for tiger-hunting expeditions. The part of Kowloon north of Boundary Street (New Kowloon) was leased from Qing China to Britain as part of the New Territories in 1898 for 99 years. Within New Kowloon is the Kowloon City, which refers to an area where the Kowloon Walled City used to be located. The Kowloon Walled City itself was demolished in 1993. (The same area was called ??? (Pinyin: Guanfuchang) during the Song Dynasty.) In modern day conversations, however, New Kowloon is often not regarded as part of the New Territories, but as an integral part of the Kowloon urban area on both sides of Boundary Street. For rates tax purposes, New Kowloon is not considered part of Kowloon. Properties in New Kowloon are subjected to pay the land leases as those in the New Territories. Large-scale development of Kowloon began in the early 20th century, with the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, the Kowloon Wharf, and the Kai Tak Airport. Precisely because of the airport, building height restrictions had been in place for many years. Yet Kowloon still became extremely congested, especially after the Second World War, when slums for refugees from the newly established People's Republic of China gave way to public housing estates, mixed with private residential, commercial and industrial areas. On July 1, 1997, both parts of Kowloon were transferred to the People's Republic of China along with the rest of Hong Kong. Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years..
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