Situated at the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, Sham Shui Po District covers an area of about 1047 hectares, with a population of about 353,000. Today's Sham Shui Po District is covered mainly by residential buildings, with public housing estates built on approximately 81 hectares of land. Factories and warehouses are still being concentrated mainly in Cheung Sha Wan.

The District is most heavily poverty stricken, having the lowest median monthly domestic household income ($14,000). It has the highest percentage of elderly over 65 years (15.7%). The percentage of new arrivals is also very high (11.2%).

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Apliu Street is a pedestrian-only market specializing in second-hand electronics equipment. All the street signs in Hong Kong were recently changed with numbers on them now.

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There are other clothing markets in neighboring streets.

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A non-air-conditioned bus passed by and I decided not to get on. It was quite a hot day so I patiently waited at the stop for the next one. In the meantime, I snapped these pictures. It's hard to believe people are still living in these conditions. The street is noisy with so many buses rumbling by day and night.

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Like the rest of Hong Kong, there are always new skyscrapers popping up out of nowhere.

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Part 2 : Tsing Yi Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264122)
Part 3 : Aberdeen (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264123)
Part 4 : Bank of China Observation Deck (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264513)
Part 5 : Kwun Tong Grit (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265015)
Part 6 : Kwun Tong Grit Continued (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265019)
Part 7 : Langham Place & Olympian City (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265420)
Part 8 : Sham Shui Po Grit (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=265444)
Part 9 : Fun & Sun in Stanley (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=267741)
Part 10 : Cruise to Lamma Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=267910)
Part 11 : Downtown @ Night (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=267928)
Part 12 : Tai Hang Road - Rich & Poor (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=269601)
Part 13 : Hiking Lamma Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=270044)
Part 14 : Exploring Mongkok's Streets (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=272164)
Part 15 : A Bus Ride Through Kowloon (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=272336)
Part 16 : Repulse Bay - Beachside Living (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=273950)
Part 17 : Night-Time Bonanza (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=274121)
Part 18 : Hopewell Centre Top Floor (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=274810)
Part 19 : Wan Chai's Redevelopment Woes (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=275314)
Part 20 : A City of Contrasts (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=275889)
Part 21 : Streets on the Island (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=276803)

I've always wondered if there was a body corporate that looks after these old buildings. I mean - who manages them, and do the residents pay a management fee as well as a sinking fund for maintenance and upkeep of the buildings.

It's amazing that it look like a free-for-all for the residents to just put all kind of stuffs on the outside.

Kind of like walking through an ancient city that in in ruins... except people still live there.

I also really liked Mongkok and the contrast between the new building and the old.

Great pics, and many, many bulding which could use some reconstruction. :)