For years, Kowloon was where you stayed if you were doing business in the garment trade.
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For meat-and-potatoes diners, Morton's of Chicago (2732-2343) has opened a restaurant in the Sheraton hotel in Kowloon.
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Closer to his vision was the controversial Kowloon Tong residence of Henry Tang.
Floating on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbor, the duck is visible from many towers in Hong Kong's glittering skyline.
The other ferry from Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry Holdings continued its journey to Lamma Island with a damaged bow.
You drive from Hong Kong over to Kowloon, you can see a Tencent Weibo billboard that has been there for months.
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Even further along the horizon is a new cultural district in West Kowloon, set to be completed in stages between 2012 and 2026.
The site in Kowloon District covers an area of about 26, 125 square feet and offers a gross floor area of 77, 468 sq ft.
Some tips: hop on the scenic Star Ferry between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, instead of taking the underground MTR.
Ryo Gin is located in a glam location on the 101st floor of Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper, the International Commerce Centre in the area of West Kowloon.
The collision on Monday night involved a pleasure boat, the Lamma IV, and a ferry operated by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry (HKKF) company.
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Next up is perhaps the largest of them all, the West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre series, which opens on 30 January and runs till 16 February.
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Hong Kong's Kowloon Metropark (formerly the Metropole), the Hong Kong hotel that had the first reported SARS case in the city, declined an interview request.
The government resettled them on a barren hillside in Kowloon.
The government has big stakes in the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp.
Kowloon has often been looked at as the other Hong Kong, the one that is on the wrong side of the proverbial tracks (or harbour in this case).
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Perhaps best of all for hurried travelers, the Ritz-Carlton is just above the Kowloon station, where you can hop on the airport express to get to your next Asian destination.
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Fast forward two years, and the first Rwandan national team, The Silverbacks named for Rwanda's mountain gorillas, will make their debut at the Kowloon RugbyFest: a 10-a-side tournament which features teams from around the world.
But with the new upscale shopping centers and five-star hotels that have recently opened, coupled with a planned redevelopment of the old Kai Tak airport where planes used to fly in next to skyscrapers, Kowloon is looking up.
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The theatre will sit at the intersection of Canton Road and Austin Road, which, fittingly, is also the future site of the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District's first venue set to be completed, in 2016 .
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With its convenient location above the Kowloon transit center and the adjoining upscale shopping complex Elements, the Kowloon-side W hotel and the Ritz make for good meeting spots for jet-set travelers before they rush off to check in downstairs for their next flight.
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"The Arts Development Council did a survey on the audience and the programme numbers of different art forms, and Chinese opera is one of the most popular arts in Hong Kong, " said Louis Yu Kwok-lit, executive director, performing arts of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, who is planning the Bamboo Theatre festival.
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