地理(請用英文答)

1.What is built in the area after knocking down of Kowloon Walled City?
The area is now located in today's Kowloon City District. Completed in August 1995, it was built into Kowloon Walled City Park (九龍寨城公園), an elegant park preserving the heritage of the fabled Walled City, which is part of the Carpenter Road Park.The design of the park is based on the Jiangnan garden style of the early Qing Dynasty. It is divided into eight landscape features, with the centerpiece being the Yamen, a three-hall structure fully restored in its Qing Dynasty appearance. The Yamen houses a photo exhibition and a few relics used or found in the Walled City.The relics of the Walled City include 2 cannons, 5 stone inscriptions and 3 old wells. They are preserved at various locations in the park.The eight parts of the park are:

The Yamen
The Old South Gate
Eight Floral Walks
The Garden of Four Seasons
The Garden of Chinese Zodiac
The Chess Garden - featuring four giant Chinese chess boards
The Mountain View Pavilion
Guibi and Fui Sing Pavilion
Design of the Park





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The design of the Kowloon Walled City Park is based on the Jiangnan garden style of the early Qing Dynasty.
It was chosen by architects of the Architectural Services Department following a visit to China to select the most appropriate design for the historic site. Subsequently, the project was awarded a Diploma at the IGO Stuttgart EXPO 93 (International Garden Exposition).
The design is divided into eight landscape features which complement one another and subtly blend into the overall layout. The centerpiece is of course the Yamen, a fully restored three-hall structure offering a glimpse of the physical appearance of the one-time walled garrison-city.
2.How does this improve the living environment for the resident?
In 1898, the New Territories were leased to the British for a term of 99 years. At first, Qing officials still continued to station in the City. In 1899, however, British troops were sent to take over the City, and the Qing officials and soldiers were expelled. The resultant vacuum of civil order from 1899 laid the seeds for the eventual deterioration of the area into a semi-lawless enclave and festering squatter slum.During the Japanese occupation of 1941-45 the wall was torn down and the stone used to extend the nearby Kai Tak airfield. An idea of the large amount of quarried granite so gained is provided by the wall's dimensions: 15 feet wide and 13 feet high for a gross length of 2,200 feet, plus a supplementary wall which ran Great Wall-style from the northern rampart to the top of the hill which formerly overlooked the garrison.After the war, high-rise tenements built without authority and completely lacking proper foundations mushroomed cheek by jowl over almost the whole site, and the Walled City with its dank alleyways became a notorious nest of drug divans, criminal hide-outs, vice dens and even cheap, unlicensed dentists.In 1987, with the agreement of the Chinese authorities, the decision was taken to clear the area and build a park on the site which would incorporate as many remaining features as possible of the original buildings and other features.
Demolition was completed in April 1994 and despite decades of neglect and mis-use of the site, a rewarding number of relics was unearthed, nearly all of which were incorporated in the design or preserved as exhibits.
So, the demolition of Walled City improves the living environment of the original residents by providing public housing which of course are surrounding with safe and health environment with lower criminal rate. And it also provide a leisure place for the residents lived near and arround the walled city.

抄野only

The area is now located in today's Kowloon City District. Completed in August 1995, it was built into Kowloon Walled City Park (九龍寨城公園), an elegant park preserving the heritage of the fabled Walled City, which is part of the Carpenter Road Park.

Original residents are all evicted to government subsidized housing. Therefore, the living environment is improved.