Kowloon Peninsula

[1][2] Early maps and photographs show flat, low-lying land behind the beach of Tsim Sha Tsui Bay with a raised area, Kowloon Hill, in the west.The West Kowloon Reclamation was formed as part of the Airport Core Programme and largely completed by 1995.Taking refuge in a cave in the Kowloon peninsula, the inscription wrote "Sung Wong Toi" or "Song Emperor's Pavilion".[4] In the 17th century, after the fall of the Ming dynasty, many of the Emperor's followers also found shelter in the Kowloon peninsula to hide from the Manchus.[5] In 1898 a resolution was passed by the Colonial Hong Kong Legislative Council to preserve the land where some of the caves stand.
Military encampments on Kowloon Peninsula in 1860, looking south toward Hong Kong Island .
An Air France Boeing 747 passing above Kowloon, landing at the old airport .
Hong Kong's old airport, Kai Tak , was located in Kowloon.
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