{"id":1919,"date":"2014-03-14T14:27:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwesee.ch\/?page_id=1919"},"modified":"2014-03-14T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T14:27:59","slug":"mong-kok-yau-ma-tei-north-point","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/mong-kok-yau-ma-tei-north-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Mong Kok &#8211; Yau Ma Tei &#8211; North Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mong_Kok\" target=\"_blank\">Mong Kok<\/a>: described as one of the busiest districts in the world with extremely high population density, characterized by a mixture of old and new multi-story buildings, with shops and restaurants at street level and commercial or residential units above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\n<small><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-align: left\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.de\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;q=mong+kok+hongkong&amp;aq=&amp;sll=51.151786,10.415039&amp;sspn=8.782782,15.007324&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Mongkok,+Kowloon,+Hongkong&amp;t=m&amp;z=14&amp;ll=22.318344,114.172175\">Gr\u00c3\u00b6\u00c3\u0178ere Kartenansicht<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yau_Ma_Tei\" target=\"_blank\">Yau Ma Tei<\/a>: The district is mainly an area of mixed residential and retail. Every night there are markets selling many different kinds of products including clothes, decorations, VCD and toys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\n<small><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-align: left\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.de\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;q=yau+ma+tei&amp;aq=&amp;sll=22.318344,114.172175&amp;sspn=0.025289,0.029311&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Yau+Ma+Tei,+Kowloon,+Hongkong&amp;ll=22.318359,114.172196&amp;spn=0.025291,0.029311&amp;t=m&amp;z=14\">Gr\u00c3\u00b6\u00c3\u0178ere Kartenansicht<\/a><\/small><\/li>\n<p>Both adjacent areas are on the Kowloon pensinsula; the students of Chinese University are already developing their projects in these areas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Point\" target=\"_blank\">North Point<\/a>: a mixed-use urban area on Hong Kong Island. North Point comprises a mix of new luxury developments and older Chinese buildings. The area is undergoing something of a rejuvenation due to the rise in demand for office space in the area. It is the location of Connecting Space Hong Kong from ZHdK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\n<small><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-align: left\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.de\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;q=North+Point,+Hongkong&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=north+point&amp;sll=22.309982,114.172196&amp;sspn=0.025291,0.029311&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=North+Point,+Hong+Kong+Island,+Hongkong&amp;t=m&amp;z=14&amp;ll=22.288468,114.192803\">Gr\u00c3\u00b6\u00c3\u0178ere Kartenansicht<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Mong Kok<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><b>General Information<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A Walk tour in Mongkok showing how the street was like:<\/p>\n<p><b>Public Performance<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mong Kok kung fu showing the kung fu performance in the pedestrian zone:<\/p>\n<p>Other public performance in the pedestrian zone:<\/p>\n<p>There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/article\/1346842\/street-performers-accused-bringing-chaos-mong-kok-pedestrian-zone\" target=\"_blank\">conflict<\/a> concerning the use of the pedestrian area in Sai Yeung Choi Street South as a performance hot spot &#8211; with some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/article\/1361038\/opinions-split-over-mong-kok-pedestrian-zone-hours\" target=\"_blank\">consequences<\/a> what the pedestrian zone hours are concerned.<\/p>\n<p><b>Informal Commerce<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mongkok Ladies market, showing how people set up the flee market everyday<\/p>\n<p>Ladies market in daytime<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Artists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Initiatives<\/b><\/p>\n<p>C&amp;G Artpartment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/main_mar2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1921\" alt=\"main_mar2014\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/main_mar2014-242x300.jpg\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.candg-artpartment.com\">http:\/\/www.candg-artpartment.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the middle part of <a href=\"http:\/\/rthkcms3.rthk.org.hk\/rthk\/tv\/programme.php?name=tv\/adcweekly_artspiration&amp;d=2013-10-16&amp;p=5529&amp;e=236015&amp;m=episode\" target=\"_blank\">this show<\/a>, a Hong kong artist, Law Man Lok, introduces 10 most interesting places in Hong Kong. These places are not popular ones. Instead, these places are full of stories and also revealed current issues in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/2013_4_keung_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1922\" alt=\"2013_#4_keung_1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/2013_4_keung_1-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Yau Ma Tei<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00e6\u00b4\u00bb\u00e5\u0152\u2013\u00e5\u00bb\u00b3Wooferten<\/strong><br \/>\nsignificant art organization in Yau Ma Tei which concentrates the community art in the area : <a href=\"http:\/\/wooferten.blogspot.hk\/\">Woofer Ten<\/a>. However, the government has just stopped sponsoring the organization (which leads major argument if this action is a political one). So the future of the organization is obscure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local self-initiated food ecologies<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openrice.com\/english\/restaurant\/sr2.htm?shopid=151386\">So Boring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/takcheonglane\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Takcheonglane\u00e5\u00be\u00b7\u00e6\u02dc\u0152\u00e9\u2021\u0152\u00e7\u00b4\u00a0\u00e9\u00a3\u0178\u00e5\u0090\u02c6\u00e4\u00bd\u0153\u00e7\u00a4\u00be<\/strong><\/a> (2\u00e8\u2122\u01783\u00e8\u2122\u0178\u00e8\u02c6\u2013)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Informal Commerce<\/strong><br \/>\nTemple Street (Street food\/ goods market\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnight club for grass root) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hong Kong artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wongtinyan.com\/works\/2000.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wong Yin Yan<\/a><\/strong> uses wood from the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfruit market\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Hong Kong to make sculpture.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/2000_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1931\" alt=\"2000_01\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/2000_01-300x196.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/2000_01-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/2000_01.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmv.com.hk\/product\/accessories.asp?sku=395002\" target=\"_blank\">multi-media artist<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cheukwanchi.blogspot.hk\/2008\/08\/thanks-for-being-part-of-me-save-this.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cheuk Wan Chi<\/a>, launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/madhouse.com.hk\/site\/exhibitions-events\/born-to-be-a-witness\/\" target=\"_blank\">photo project<\/a> in that <a href=\"http:\/\/cheukwanchi.blogspot.hk\/2008\/09\/born-to-be-witness2-duvet-finished.html\" target=\"_blank\">area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/milk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1933\" alt=\"milk\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/milk.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>North Point<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Public Exhibition and Resource Centre<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcsd.gov.hk\/CE\/Museum\/APO\/en_US\/web\/apo\/about_oi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oi! (Oil Street)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit to Asia Art Archive (AAA)<\/strong><br \/>\nlooking at archival materials testifying to a rich history of the presence of the artistic village based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaa.org.hk\/Programme\/Details\/322\" target=\"_blank\">that site<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaa.org.hk\/Collection\/Details\/30588\" target=\"_blank\">Oil St Materials<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connecting Space Hong Kong<\/strong> (from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zhdk.ch\/?connectingspaces_en\" target=\"_blank\">Zurich University of the Arts<\/a>)<br \/>\nAddress: Wah Kin Mansion, G\/F, 18-20 Fort Street, North Point, Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.de\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;q=fort+street+18-20+hong+kong&amp;aq=&amp;sll=51.151786,10.415039&amp;sspn=8.782782,15.007324&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=20+Fort+St,+Hongkong&amp;ll=22.289571,114.196684&amp;spn=0.003162,0.003664&amp;t=h&amp;z=14\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Gr\u00c3\u00b6\u00c3\u0178ere Kartenansicht<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Password: wws<br \/>\nFloorplan:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/Floor_Plan_Fort-Street.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/Floor_Plan_Fort-Street-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Floor_Plan_Fort Street\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/Floor_Plan_Fort-Street-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/Floor_Plan_Fort-Street-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.mtr.zhdk.ch\/whatwesee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/03\/Floor_Plan_Fort-Street-1024x724.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Mong Kok: described as one of the busiest districts in the world with extremely high population density, characterized by a mixture of old and new multi-story buildings, with shops and restaurants at street level and commercial or residential units above. 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