關於我們 About us
上圖為官塘文化導賞的考察圖（the map of the cultual trip）
由一群熱愛觀塘社區的朋友一同編寫，透過介紹觀塘民生、文化和社區的網站，希望在觀塘市中心重建前紀錄其現況，讓更多人來到觀塘，細味這裏的點滴
若有興趣加入我們一同書寫觀塘或想參加我們的觀塘文化遊請寫電郵到kwuntong2007@gmail.com
我們是網站主持人: Joy和原人，主要從事口述史、社區研究，想透過故事、相片、詩等媒界，講我們心目中的官塘。
伸延閱讀︰
We are a group of local residents who care about the community of Kwun Tong (Kowloon East, Hong Kong). Through this blog, we hope we can share the photos, view points and our little stories of this local community before the Urban Renewal Authority redevelop this core area of Kwun Tong.
If you are interested in joining us（particpation in blog or join our cultural tour）or have anything to share with us, please email to us at: kwuntong2007@gmail.com
Why Kwun Tong?
Kwun Tong was a project brought over from the previous Land Development Corporation (LDC) and is now handovered to Urban Renewal Authority (URA) to follow. The reason why we are choosing this place in this blog is because, Kwun Tong, unlike other redevelopment area like Lee Tung Street or the Graham Street that have some themes to reserve, this is only a really really local community – a place where the general public are, a place where we go and pass, a place where we live.
We do not need a theme in order to conserve our community. (So without any theme or special feature, our community is not worth to retain?!) But seems in recent years in Hong Kong, we need to do these themes in order to avoid redevelopment and arouse public awareness.
What we want to say is, a local community is just as casual as daily life. Redeveloping a place without a thorough community participation and engagement would be meanlingness. And this kind “violence” happens on others today, but it can fall to any of us who have a home in the future in Hong Kong.
So, share your views and voice out your comment to the government.
More English information, you can access this site “A Map of Our Own: Kwun Tong Cultures and Histories”: http://www.kwuntongculture.hk/
Related websites:
1. Urban Renewal Authrity: http://www.ura.org.hk/html/c800000t33e.html
2. Town Planning Board: http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/tc/whats_new/whats_new.html
3. Lands Department: http://www.landsd.gov.hk/tc/about/welcome.htm
4. Development Bureau: http://www.devb.gov.hk/en/home/index.htm
5. Planning department: http://www.pland.gov.hk/index_c.html
To think about:
- Do you know the roles of the mentioned departments in the urban renewal projects? (there are still many others related government department)
Viola said
Hi, so great to see a group of KT people come together to record the district.
I am a KT girl too. Meet Joy Wong last Sat and she introduced this BLOG to me
Recently I am doing some photo shooting about KT too, some are posted on my photoblog http://violapys.photoblog.com (you can choose the category “i.m.age – kwun tong” for faster browsing!)
Viola
imjoy said
Viola, 2elcome to our blog! I really like your photos! They are so energetic and vivid!
You are always invited to join us, whatever a photo, an entry, or just a comment are all welcomed!
Hope to see you again very soon!
Joy
yuenyan said
Viola,your pictures are really beautiful , this can show the contrast in Kwuntong , I remember a Japaneses film called “ghost in the shell” how they represented the old town in HK.
For me, not only the building , I am really interested the life of people , this is really interesting for me. They struggle in place. The place is composed of the practice of life.
I like the style of grassroot and diversity in here.
yin said
GREAT!!! SUPPORT YOU GUYS!!!
Make everything about Kwun Tong’s future clearer~
Emily said
Hello~ I like this web site very much, especially the memories and photos sharing are all precious. Wonderfully rich information and a great database about Kwun Tong. I also like Kwun Tong although I am not living there, I just have memory during my secondary school life in Leung Shek Chee College at Sau Mao Ping. I always be there after school with my friends. Now I am a design student(Year 2) at The Hong Kong Polytecnic University. I am doing my final year project on the topic: Kwun Tong.
At this stage, I am going to design a book to document Kwun Tong, the buildings, the shops, the signs, the lives, the stories……I need more content information, photos and sharings. I don’t think I can do the best only by my own effort so I need you all help! It is difficult for me to collect the whole Kwun Tong. Would you mind to help me? I do not aim at profit making, I just want to do my project and record Kwun Tong well. Can you give me some feeback if you are interest.
I specifically require text eg. A letter to Kwun Tong, Places/shops introduction or recommendation, Memory sharings, Feeling to some places, buildings or events, Expectation to Kwun Tong etc. If you can provide your own sharing, please contact me e-mail:mummumni@yahoo.com.hk. You are all most helphul. Thank you very much.
GOD BLESS~
In lord,
Emily^^
KIN said
在一次的居民大會上認識JOY, 知道有這麼一個網站。
今天特意上來瀏覽，總體感覺一個字—「讚」。
佩服大家的努力與付出。
這里保留了觀塘人的集體回憶！
TZ said
hi, i have sent some emails to your email, hope you can get them.
And the website is nice, thx for your efforts!
TZ said
HI, i sent my MSN a/c to u through email, please check.
Hope i can chat with u later.
leungtaiwai said
Kwun Tong is special to all people who grew up there, especially those grew up in the 60s’ and 70s’ when Kwun Tong was enjoying its “infantry” and “childhood”. I love Kwun Tong and of cause I love Hong Kong so much because I was born and grew up in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is my homeland, not elsewherein the world. To perserve the culture of Hong Kong and to defend all intents to defeat the particular and lovely culture of Hong Kong. One way to perserve the culture is to know more about the history of Hong Kong. How it was developed from an ordinary coastal area to a modern city ? I wonder why it is not a major topic for the liberal studies in the secondary school to let the younger generation to know more about our homeland and to establish the sense of belonging of Hong Kong. It is more important that people in Hong Kong do have great sense of belonging to Hong Kong than just to know else countries in the world. There are many interesting topics about Hong Kong in the recent and early centuries. Moreover, it is also interesting to compare the lives and livings of the people in Hong Kong prior to and after the “Handover”. Before the “Handover”, it was a colony of the United Kingdom but afterwards what it is still ……………
Kenneth Ching said
The way of you guys trying to bring the awareness of a community’s happening is so potentially powerful, and it’s some real work done to help capturing a particular district in HK. I deeply believe that a big part of the community “loose track of the highly developed + fast paced legislation system”. So when any demolish work were on the news headline it’s “already late”. And this work is already planned by the people working at the back. We are just not sensitive enough to “aware” the issue right at the beginning, so not even need to talk about “interfere” those plans.
You are making this website to help us to “become more and more sensitve” to these issues.
I will learn more skills and try influence people like you did.
I will also share this website with my friends.
Keep it up!
Thanks
要求加快舊區重建 said
馬頭圍道一個50年樓齡架唐樓倒塌了!!死左好多人,破壞了很多家園. 我明白你們很喜歡懷舊, 但我更熱愛生命. 觀塘區超過50年的年很多, 我希望政府真的能優先解決樓齡超過45年的重建, 為居民改善生活, 保障他們的性命.
hilda said
Urgent!!!
Hi, i want to ask that actually what are reasons that Kwun Tung has to be redevelop ? the buildings were too old & dilapidated ? or are there any other reasons that the gov have to choose Kwun Tung ?
反對觀塘舊區重建 said
觀塘舊樓有集體回憶的價值, 如果d 舊樓倒塌埋死左幾百人仲有新聞價值. 所以愛觀塘, 反對重建.
最憎有錢人 said
我地呢個版最討厭有錢人, 最好香港的中產都死掉. 反對重建, 反對賠償6000蚊呎最多俾d 舊區居民, 因為呢d 賤民點可以俾錢佢地去移居改善生活. 無錢才是最快樂.
觀塘人支持觀塘重建~~ said
觀塘人不是特別賤, 觀塘人也想和其他區的人有個好d架生活環境. 我們觀塘危樓,唐樓都好多. 我們觀塘人都是希望觀塘巿中心項目能快d落實. 不要因為那些無是生非的人搞保育以令觀塘人陷入水深火熱之中.
Christine,Lai said
http://mytv.tvb.com/variety/scoop/121933/545#page-1
我想問下大家知不知到東張西望這一集的最後一part
所講的伯伯可以從何處找呢？
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