Friday, February 16, 2007

Kam Tin Village

For Work, we were doing a feasibility study for a new railway station in the northwest New Territories. While taking a look around the place, I visited nearby Kam Tin Village, which has many very old buildings-probably among the oldest I've yet seen in Hong Kong. Some are in good shape, some are very dilapidated. But generally, they don't seem to have been adapted for reuse (except for the temple), and, since many of them are shut or sealed, they seem a little neglected. The village has a wonderful human scale, and there are lots of little footways and paths to wander along. I think I'll be back.






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