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<blockquote data-quote="HughieD" data-source="post: 361068" data-attributes="member: 25516"><p><strong><u>1. The History</u></strong></p><p>Very little history available about this place but it is thought the factory was once connected to an old Swire paint making division during Hong Kong’s manufacturing heyday between the 1950s and 1970s, when the city cleaned itself up after the World War and the military occupation by Japan. This concrete carbuncle can be found crumbling away on the north-west side of Hong Kong on the island of Tsing Yi. The two main buildings are made up of a series of pillars, supports and staircases and are decaying fast. The buildings were a popular spot for war games, but after one of the players injured himself during a fall from a large hole in one of the floors this abruptly came to an end. Now the building sits forlorn by the roadside, now occupied by a sleepy guard who used to be permanently on duty and the odd urban explorer or graff artist.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>2. The Explore</u></strong></p><p>Had this place on my radar for some time. However, in the past when I checked Google Maps, it came up as being either a very long walk or a taxi ride, due to the lack of public transport options. This time however a new mini-bus route popped off so off I set and after a combination of MTR and minibus I found myself dropped off just outside the former paint factory, much to the bewilderment of the bus driver. Entry wasn’t an issue but had read former reports of the afore mentioned sleepy guard. So, I started tentatively looking around. In the end I needn’t have worried. Clearly this place has had a live-in guard, but the calendar was stuck on June 2019. Quite why you would pay someone to oversee this lattice of concrete floors and walls is a mystery in itself. The place is completely stripped bare and relatively unspectacular, except for the views afforded from the roof. At least I’ve finally managed to tick this one off.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>3. The Pictures</u></strong></p><p></p><p>Pretty hard to miss this one from the road!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfC2U1">[ATTACH=full]255643[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfC2U1">Tsing Yi 16 bw</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDGHj">[ATTACH=full]255644[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDGHj">Tsing Yi 17 bw</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Apparently, the land is now owned by the HK government:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDhA">[ATTACH=full]255645[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDhA">Tsing Yi 15</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHPY">[ATTACH=full]255646[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHPY">Tsing Yi 03</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Some half-decent graff:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVw3w">[ATTACH=full]255647[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVw3w">img2913</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEE5x">[ATTACH=full]255648[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEE5x">Tsing Yi 04</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>This bit looks like it was recently occupied, maybe by the security guard:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heViSQ">[ATTACH=full]255649[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heViSQ">img2946</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVvC8">[ATTACH=full]255650[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVvC8">img2915</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>And into the first building, the one furthest from the road:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDJ6u">[ATTACH=full]255651[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDJ6u">Tsing Yi 09</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDMo">[ATTACH=full]255652[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDMo">Tsing Yi 07</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>It’s urbex toilet time!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEEvx">[ATTACH=full]255653[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEEvx">Tsing Yi 08</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVrzJ">[ATTACH=full]255654[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVrzJ">img2927</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Getting higher up:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSRix">[ATTACH=full]255655[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSRix">img2929</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The view across to the second building:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDS3">[ATTACH=full]255656[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDS3">Tsing Yi 06</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>From the roof:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heUxHm">[ATTACH=full]255657[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heUxHm">img2930</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>And looking back over to HK:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSSyd">[ATTACH=full]255658[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSSyd">img2924</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The guard post:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVotJ">[ATTACH=full]255659[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVotJ">img2934</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Last guarded in June 2019?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVpkt">[ATTACH=full]255660[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVpkt">img2933</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Into the second building:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSQms">[ATTACH=full]255661[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSQms">img2931</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heUv31">[ATTACH=full]255662[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heUv31">img2935</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>It is just a series of empty spaces:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHjV">[ATTACH=full]255663[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHjV">Tsing Yi 10</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Up we go:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDC5">[ATTACH=full]255664[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDC5">Tsing Yi 11</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSKFL">[ATTACH=full]255665[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSKFL">img2941</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>More graff:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heUtHC">[ATTACH=full]255666[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heUtHC">img2939</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Water feature!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDrd">[ATTACH=full]255667[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDrd">Tsing Yi 13</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSJFz">[ATTACH=full]255668[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heSJFz">img2944</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVk3v">[ATTACH=full]255669[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2heVk3v">img2943</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HughieD, post: 361068, member: 25516"] [B][U]1. The History[/U][/B] Very little history available about this place but it is thought the factory was once connected to an old Swire paint making division during Hong Kong’s manufacturing heyday between the 1950s and 1970s, when the city cleaned itself up after the World War and the military occupation by Japan. This concrete carbuncle can be found crumbling away on the north-west side of Hong Kong on the island of Tsing Yi. The two main buildings are made up of a series of pillars, supports and staircases and are decaying fast. The buildings were a popular spot for war games, but after one of the players injured himself during a fall from a large hole in one of the floors this abruptly came to an end. Now the building sits forlorn by the roadside, now occupied by a sleepy guard who used to be permanently on duty and the odd urban explorer or graff artist. [B][U]2. The Explore[/U][/B] Had this place on my radar for some time. However, in the past when I checked Google Maps, it came up as being either a very long walk or a taxi ride, due to the lack of public transport options. This time however a new mini-bus route popped off so off I set and after a combination of MTR and minibus I found myself dropped off just outside the former paint factory, much to the bewilderment of the bus driver. Entry wasn’t an issue but had read former reports of the afore mentioned sleepy guard. So, I started tentatively looking around. In the end I needn’t have worried. Clearly this place has had a live-in guard, but the calendar was stuck on June 2019. Quite why you would pay someone to oversee this lattice of concrete floors and walls is a mystery in itself. The place is completely stripped bare and relatively unspectacular, except for the views afforded from the roof. At least I’ve finally managed to tick this one off. [B][U]3. The Pictures[/U][/B] Pretty hard to miss this one from the road! [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfC2U1][ATTACH=full]255643[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfC2U1]Tsing Yi 16 bw[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDGHj][ATTACH=full]255644[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDGHj]Tsing Yi 17 bw[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Apparently, the land is now owned by the HK government: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDhA][ATTACH=full]255645[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDhA]Tsing Yi 15[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHPY][ATTACH=full]255646[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHPY]Tsing Yi 03[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Some half-decent graff: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVw3w][ATTACH=full]255647[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVw3w]img2913[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEE5x][ATTACH=full]255648[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEE5x]Tsing Yi 04[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr This bit looks like it was recently occupied, maybe by the security guard: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heViSQ][ATTACH=full]255649[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heViSQ]img2946[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVvC8][ATTACH=full]255650[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVvC8]img2915[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr And into the first building, the one furthest from the road: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDJ6u][ATTACH=full]255651[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDJ6u]Tsing Yi 09[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDMo][ATTACH=full]255652[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDMo]Tsing Yi 07[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr It’s urbex toilet time! [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEEvx][ATTACH=full]255653[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEEvx]Tsing Yi 08[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVrzJ][ATTACH=full]255654[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVrzJ]img2927[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Getting higher up: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSRix][ATTACH=full]255655[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSRix]img2929[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The view across to the second building: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDS3][ATTACH=full]255656[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDS3]Tsing Yi 06[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr From the roof: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heUxHm][ATTACH=full]255657[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heUxHm]img2930[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr And looking back over to HK: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSSyd][ATTACH=full]255658[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSSyd]img2924[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The guard post: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVotJ][ATTACH=full]255659[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVotJ]img2934[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Last guarded in June 2019? [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVpkt][ATTACH=full]255660[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVpkt]img2933[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Into the second building: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSQms][ATTACH=full]255661[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSQms]img2931[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heUv31][ATTACH=full]255662[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heUv31]img2935[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr It is just a series of empty spaces: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHjV][ATTACH=full]255663[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfDHjV]Tsing Yi 10[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Up we go: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDC5][ATTACH=full]255664[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDC5]Tsing Yi 11[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSKFL][ATTACH=full]255665[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSKFL]img2941[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr More graff: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heUtHC][ATTACH=full]255666[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heUtHC]img2939[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Water feature! [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDrd][ATTACH=full]255667[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hfEDrd]Tsing Yi 13[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSJFz][ATTACH=full]255668[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heSJFz]img2944[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVk3v][ATTACH=full]255669[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2heVk3v]img2943[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
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