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Absolutely fascinating. From Wikipedia:
"It was a very complex place, difficult to generalise about, a place that seemed frightening but where most people continued to lead normal lives. A place just like the rest of Hong Kong. ???Leung Ping Kwan, City of Darkness, p. 120



Over time, both the British and the Chinese governments found the City to be increasingly intolerable, despite the low reported crime rate. The quality of life in the City???sanitary conditions in particular???was far behind the rest of Hong Kong.