Kowloon Walled City: Life in the City of Darkness | South China Morning Post: In Cantonese, it was known as the City of Darkness.
But though it may have been a fetid slum, crawling with rats and dripping with sewage, it was stoutly defended to the last by those who lived there, as well as an unlikely ensemble of Chinese shopkeepers, faith healers and self-taught dentists.
It was once thought to be the most densely populated place on earth, with 35,000 people crammed into a few tiny apartment blocks and more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect.
But in March 1993, the last batch of residents finally accepted the government's rehousing terms and compensation terms.
It brought down the final curtain on a bizarre chapter of Hong Kong's colonial past.