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H ung Hom was the first todevelop in this district. Mr.David Wu of the Hung Hom(Three Districts) Kai Fong Associationrecollects his family’s settling in this region.His family had lived in Hung Hom for fivegenerations. His grandfather was a sub-contractor at the Whampoa Dockyard. Atthat time there were three big employers:CLP, Green Island Cement and Bailey’sShipyard. “Three Districts” (referring toHung Hom, To Kwa Wan and Hok Un) wasthe first kai fong association to open amaternity clinic and a school. With CLP assponsor, Chairman Lawrence Kadooriehimself laid the foundation stone in 1959.CLP also constantly sponsored Cantoneseopera and other cultural activities organizedby the kai fong association.

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O ver 100 years old, Mr. ChanCho Chak of Kowloon Lok SinTong Benevolent Society hadlived in the district for more than 80 yearsand witnessed the growth of the district. Inhis view, the extension of Kai Tak Airportin the 1960s and 1970s brought great changesto Kowloon City. As Kai Tak became oneof the busiest airports in the world, KowloonCity also became much more important thanbefore. CLP’s power supply to the airportprovided not only a comprehensive resourcefor its development; it also helped in thedevelopment of Kowloon City as a whole.

Mr. Ku Sze Chung of the Kowloon City KaiFong Association recounts how the peopleliving in Kowloon City before, especially theHakka people, were largely constructionworkers. There were also weaving factoriesin Kowloon City. Before they had electricmachines, the factories used wooden loomsto weave. Before the war there had beenelectricity and water supplies. Small bulbswere used and most of the families still usedkerosene lamps. Only the rich people coulduse electric lamps (kerosene lamps were hotand dim, electric lamps improved thestudying condition). In the 1950s peoplestarted listening to the radio. Since radioswere expensive, Mr. Ku’s father often putthe radio out of reach of children. In the late1960s, television emerged and people wouldgo to herbal teashops to watch it, by paying10¢ more.

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To Kwa Wan’s development froma little village into a mini factoryarea is also an interesting story. Mr.Patrick Wong, JP, of the To Kwa Wan KaiFong Welfare Association recalls life in the1950s and 1960s. People at that time mainlylived in wooden huts. There were very fewstreet lamps and the lights were very dim.The lampposts were painted green in colour.They were 10-foot tall with a “rat box” (forcollection of dead rats) hanging near themiddle. At that time the CLP power stationin Hok Un used coal as fuel. When the windblew, coal ash would come into Mr. Wong’shome. So his father reluctantly decided tobuy an air-conditioner. Life becamerelatively comfortable after that. Mr. Wongalso remembered at the beginning theInternational Cinema had only electric fans.The place was very dirty and seed shellswere everywhere on the floor. Later on thecinema also installed air-conditioners.

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