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Immediately I looked around and wondered if
this quiet, undeveloped town is Sai Kung. After looking around this
place, I felt disappointed with this "lifeless" place.
We
got off the couch beside the new sport stadium. Opposite to the
stadium, we stand in front of several low-rise buildings. With no
interest in those ordinary buildings, I were chatting with my friends.
After few minutes, our supervisor, from the center of Urban planning
and Environmental Management, led us to walk around Sai Kung Town.
At first, we walked along the water promenade. During this carefree
walking, very comfortable breeze blew to my hairs. It seemed to
lighten our mental burden and cause me forget my workload.
Along
the promenade, many seafood restaurants are running. In the entrance
of the restaurants, seafood salepersons were bargaining with customers
about the prices of fresh seafood such as shells, shrimp, crab,
fishes and the like. Looking through the restaurant windows, I were
seeing that a lot of customers were enjoying their flesh seafoods.
At that time, I was very envious with them who could eat such delicious
food in such ambient environment.
The goal of visiting Sai Kung was to study Sai Kung Town and observe
it through SWOT framework. Anyway, I was not concerned about such
study during my first site visit. Only I followed our supervisor
in going through each street in Sai Kung town. Nevertheless, when
we entered Sai Kung old market Town, my classmates and I started
to have a sense of closeness or warmth to such village environment.
Why? I didn't konw at that moment.
Afer
retrospection, i seem to recognise the cause. Perhaps, the street
structure is similar to the demolished Kowloon Wall City which was
my growth-up cradle. During my childhood, I often walked along the
dark, narrow and meandering streets, such street which always led
us from a dark area to a bright area. Since this, I seem to have
a sense of familiarity to the Sai Kung Old market town. No doubt
the market town is different from Kowloon Wall City because its
streetscape is cleaner and more serene.
After
the field visit, I am interested in Sai Kung.
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