Hong Kong Snapshot (55) – National Geographic and the last moment of Yue Man Square 香港隨拍 (55) – 國家地理雜誌與裕民坊的最後時光

An ordinary place can become special because of stories. Yue Man Square, my coming topic is one of the examples.

一個平平無奇的地方，可以因為一個故事而變得特別，我接著要說的裕民坊就是其中一個好例子。

Yue Man Square is at Kwun Tong Town, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the first developed area of Kwun Tong when HK government developed the Kwun Tong new town. Kwun Tong is a residential and industrial town. There is nothing special until two incidents.

裕民坊位於香港九龍的觀塘，是香港在1950年代開發觀塘新市鎮時首個開發的區域。本來觀塘就是住宅區、工業區，沒有任何特別，但因為兩件事，讓裕民坊落入人們的眼中。

In 2016, HK photographer Lee Wai-Sang took a photo at the terrace of Yue Man Square. The photo won the honorable mention of the “National Geographic International Photography Contest 2017 – the PEOPLE category” hosted by National Geographic. HK people started to focus on Yue Man Square. We find that, the ordinary terrace, the ordinary residential and industrial area, is never ordinary. It is waiting for us to discover its beauty.

香港攝影師李維燊在裕民坊的天台拍攝了一張照片，得到了2016年《國家地理》「國家地理全球攝影大賽人物組」的佳作獎，讓我們發現裕民坊的獨特之處，原來，一個普通的天台，一個普通的工業住宅區，只要細心發掘，其實都是很美。

Photo of Lee Wai-Sang 李維燊的照片

The Yue Man Square Terrace 裕民坊天台

The view of Kwun Tong from Yue Man Square Terrace
在裕民坊拍下的觀塘

There are still a number of old local shops at Yue Man Square. But, since the start of “Kwun Tong Town Centre Redevelopment Project”, they will leave us soon. Yue Man Square is one of the items in the project. Now the Urban Renewal Authority is doing the acquisition of the whole street. All residents had moved out already. There are now only half of the shops still running.

除了這個天台，裕民坊仍保留了很多富有本地特色的小商店。不過，隨著觀塘市中心重建項目啟動，這些小店即將離我們而去。在這個動建項目中，裕民坊正是其中之一，現在市區重建局正進行裕民坊的收購工程，整個裕民坊的居民都已遷出，地面的商店亦只剩下一半仍然營業。

All residents had moved out 所有居民都搬走了

Shops closed 大半商店都已關門

Only a few old shops still running 餘下一些老店仍在經營

This McDonald’s broke the world record for daily transactions at a McDonald’s outlet, as well as the ten busiest McDonlad’s in the world. But we still have to say bye to it.
這麥當勞曾打破全球麥當勞單日最多惠顧人次紀錄，及全球10間最繁忙麥當勞，不過我們還是要說再見了。

I entered the second floor of Yue Man Square. The corridor was only supported by few light tube. All the flat had been locked by big locks.

素有探險精神的我深入虎穴，走到裕民坊二樓的民居，只見烏燈黑火，一整條走廊只有數盞光管照明，而所有單位的門早已被大鎖鎖上。

I don’t feel bad about the redevelopment of Yue Man Square. It’s really an old place. To development a society, it needs to be redeveloped. But I still feel strange that the Yue Man Square is going to be totally different. I don’t know how the old citizens of Yue Man Square think. I just hope the town after redevelopment can really benefit us, citizens of Hong Kong.

我並不因為裕民坊將要重建而感到可惜，畢竟舊去新來，一個社區發展就是要這樣，不過，對於自小就熟識的裕民坊即將轉變成另一個模樣，總有種不太好的感覺，卻不知在觀塘長大的朋友會是如何想了。只希望重建後的觀塘能真的讓市民受惠吧。

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