Hong Kong 1.0

[TowerDude 2,186]

Geography



History 

Prehistoric Hong Kong

Life forms existed more than 6,000 years ago at many sites along the winding shoreline of Hong Kong. It was believed that during the earliest prehistoric periods, from the close of the fourth millennium BC, Hong Kong experienced a change in the environment, in which the sea levels rose from as much as 100 meters below the present level.

Ancient artifacts suggest a strong dependency on the sea. According to recent excavations, archaeologists have discovered two main Neolithic cultures lying in stratified sequence. Pieces of coarse, cord-marked pottery has been found together with fine, soft, fragile pottery decorated with linear carvings, perforations and paintings. The fourth millennium BC is associated with this phase.

Besides crafts and tools, ancient Chinese writings have also been found around Hong Kong Island and on some of the smaller, mostly uninhabited islands. These writings depict the lives of maritime people that resembled those in China's southeastern coastal areas, proposing that they might be of mutual origins.
 

Imperial China Hong Kong

At the time of the Qin (221 - 206BC) and Han (206BC - AD220) dynasties, parties of people from the mainland came and settled in Hong Kong. They brought with them their heritage, which made an impact on the indigenous populations. Coins of the Han period have been discovered in Hong Kong, and a brick tomb was uncovered at Kowloon's Lei Cheng Uk in 1955 with a series of Han tomb furniture. Many other discoveries and excavations reveal relations between various Chinese dynasties of the past with Hong Kong that have already been historically recorded.

British Hong Kong

Ships from the British East India Company were stationed on the Indian Coast after Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty opened trade on a limited basis in Guangzhou. Fifteen years later, the company was allowed to build a storage warehouse outside Guangzhou. The westerners were given limited preferences and had to adhere to many Chinese rules and policies. Until the trading season ended, they could only live in certain areas in Guangzhou, and were forbidden from bringing arms, warships, or women. Chinese rulers also banned foreigners from learning the Chinese language in fear of their potential bad influences.

Chinese commodities, namely porcelains and landscaped-furnishings, were popular among the European aristocrats. The British East India Company tried to equalize its huge purchases from China by doubling its sale of opium to the Chinese. The sale of opium saw a huge success by the beginning of the 19th Century. Fearful of the outflow of silver, the Chinese emperor banned the drug trade in 1799 but to no avail. Smuggling came about as neither foreign traders nor Guangdong merchants were inclined to forego the profitable business. Throughout the next few years, the British enjoyed a fruition of success from opium. When they lost monopoly of the trade, other foreign traders stepped into the illegal opium business for a share of wealth.

In 1839, Lin Zexu was appointed by the emperor as a special commissioner to Guangzhou to stop the drug trade. He and his troops used force to impel the foreign factories to surrender their stocks of opium. This act was the stepping stone to the First Opium War when the Chinese and the British could not comply with one another's demands. As a result of the war and the Chinese' fear of British military threats, Hong Kong was rewarded to the British under the Convention of Chuen Pi in January 1841. On January 26, 1841, the British flag was raised at Possession Point on Hong Kong Island, and British occupation began. A few months later, officials were selling plots of land and the colonization of Hong Kong took flight.

Hong Kong inaugurated Sir Henry Pottinger as its first governor in August 1841. Despite British cynicism, Pottinger dedicated his time to building up Hong Kong's future as he realized its potential. He inspired long-term building projects and awarded land grants. In order to make peace with the Chinese, he sent his troops to the Chang Jiang (Yangtzi River) and threatened to attack Nanjing (Nanking). In August 1842, the Chinese yielded and the two governments signed the Treaty of Nanjing, which officially gave Hong Kong to the British. The Chuen Pi Convention was never signed and therefore never legal. With that, Hong Kong carried on to progress as a port and under British influences, it became one of the greatest port cities the world has ever seen.

With the involvement of the British, Hong Kong prospered. Many companies transferred from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, enabling the British colony to begin a prime Asian entrepot. Hostilities between the British and the Chinese of China continued to heighten, leading to the Second Opium War. Subsequently, other foreign nationals - Russia, France, Germany, and Japan - realized the importance of having easy access to trade with China and began to secure ports all along the Chinese coastline. Several treaties were signed between the different nationals. Later, British took possession of the New Territories, which was declared a part of the overall territory of Hong Kong.


this text isn't mine, more info on http://www.marimari.com/content/hong_kong/general_info/history/main.html

Join me next when we'll get into business!

(Resized map: exceeded 800x600 pixel limit - Astronelson)

[De Ja Vu 117]

I like these CJs based on real cities =) I'm looking forward to yours

[Benedict 3,119]

Nicely planned introduction - I'm looking forward to seeing your city building.

[TowerDude 2,186]

First of all sorry for the oversized pic Astronelson ( I will be careful now!)
 

OK people! this is how we are going to do it!

REPLIES

City journal section
Tankmank : So do I !
Adrianor: I hope to make an amazing recreation.

Forum Section
De Ja Vu : Thanks
Benedict: You'll see it soon.

To build Hong Kong we need→

A Map!

For the map I wanted to have Kowloon, Lantau and of course Hong Kong Island in one map.

I found a map of Hong Kong by NHP but it needed SC4 mapper which has problems on Vista

So instead I made a map MASH UP of two maps by Hesus, one of Lantau and one of Hong Kong, I did the links between the map by myself.
 Here they are
https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=12123 & https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=12158

Buildings

This is fairly simple, type Hong Kong in the STEX search bar and download the 10 pages

A Terrain MOD

Colombus terrain texture will do perfectly the job. (Colombus textures are very green and the land in Hong Kong aswell)

A model to follow

Hehe! here an awesome link, that will help a lot
→  http://hongkong.edushi.com/?L=en

Plus my good friends "Google Maps" and "Google Images"

And last but not least

PATIENCE!

→Join me next week for the first update with in-game pictures!

[geoffrey_198226 0]

Hong Kong is one of my favourite cities, and you really have a wonderful starting, looking forward to the update!

[DCMetro34 576]

Wow, I can't wait, really anticipating this!

-DC 

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Cool! Glad to see you over here and I look forward to more of HK!

[bixel 1,223]

Hehehhehehe I am excited! Of course this always gets me worked up to do more HK stuff

[wwetom1 831]

Great intro! Can't wait to see what you have instore.

[prassel 9]

Why not use the "Real Size Hong Kong"?

[Ke|is 3,333]

That is a good city, I hope a great recreation, You can see my recreation of Hong Kong ----> H E R E

[TowerDude 2,186]

REPLIES

-Forum Cj section

   -geoffrey_198226 : here it is, hope you enjoy it

   -DCMetro34 : the wait is over

   -Schulmanator :Thanks, enjoy HK

   -Bixel : cool! i've seen your thread there is still some great stuff to be done, I hope you'll like my first update

   - wwetom1 Thx, enjoy the update

   -Prassel : I admit that it seems like a good map, but Hesus' ones were better ( because of the Config) Thx for the tip you are more than welcome to keep advising my Cj

   -I already saw it, I like it a lot . 

-CJ section

   -It is ambitious, but i think i can pull it

   - Well, here it is

HONG KONG CENTRAL DISTRICT 1st part

So here you can see the map of today's update. This is the part of HK that I will present today.

Now some in-game pictures like promised

The HSBC Tower and the chartered Bank a classic scene in HK

The Tamer site in HK beside the Price of Wales Building is currently a parking, but will probably bcome something else very soon

Hey do you see that Orange roof house ?? Behind the the Lippo Center, Well that is the Museum of Teaware!

Here you can see the Charter Garden, and the Legislative council Building

Under you can see the court of Final Appeal

Under is the Goverment house and the start of the HK Zoological and Botanic Gardens

And I leave you with this final overview

Join me tommorow for the second weekly update. I hope you all enjoyed this first installement of the Hong Kong recreation

Take care, Cya

[kingdiz_55 12]

I'm very thrilled. I'm going to be following this. Hong Kong is a lovely city. Very clean and organized. Their airport is also fantastic.

[cacks 41]

Yes Pretty Pictures!!!

This is a very good start for a CJ, I don't know much about the internal workings of HK, but one thing is for sure: this is very nice! Well done!

[geoffrey_198226 0]

wow, awsome! You even developed the mid-level, which is just amazing! This is definitely one of the best 'Admiralties' that has been recreated

[Ke|is 3,333]

Its good, but isn't real, Hong Kong is more density, more chaotic, more alive...

[TowerDude 2,186]

Kelistmatic: I know i had it on pause when the pictures were taken ,and on pause the cars and pedestrians disappeared, i'll be more careful about that on the next update,thanx for the advice

[bourneid 13]

hey, dont know if you have ever seen this site... but I think you'll get a kick outta it... has a SC4 style view of Hong Kong

hongkong.edushi.com/Default.aspx

[TowerDude 2,186]

Originally posted by: bourneid

hey, dont know if you have ever seen this site... but I think you'll get a kick outta it... has a SC4 style view of Hong Kong

hongkong.edushi.com/Default.aspx

quote>

I'm already using it, but thanks for willing to help my CJ work

[TowerDude 2,186]

REPLIES

Forum section

-Cacks-Lol thx a lot

-Geoffrey_198226- thx man

the other one i responded by a reply

CJ section

There were no comments

 

Central District part 2

So welcome to the second part of the central district. as always here are some pictures.

So here you can see the Exchange square podium

And here you can see the top of the 2IFC with the Jardine House in the background

Here is a close up of the Jardine house on it's right you can see the HK General Post office

HK International finance center complex

 

On the far left you can see the Tower 2 of the complex, in the middle the massive mall and the MTR station and on the right the 4 season's hotel

Feng-shui architecture in Hong Kong

Wether you are designing this!

Or this!

Or even this!

if you are an architect in HK it is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid the rules of Feng shui

When Norman Foster submitted his design for the HSBC bank tower the base had to be left open, why??

To allow the dragon spirits in the mountain to go through and drink from the water in the bay!

And every new major project in Hong Kong has to agree to the rules.

Timelapse video

I saw this video once and was amazed by it, one of my objectifs for my CJ is to make a video like this

[wwetom1 831]

Good update! I like the 2nd and 3rd pics, and very cool video.

[bixel 1,223]

Veryy cool - I've been meaning to do the Prince's Building - right next to the Mandarian Oriental... Perhaps I might do a couple new night renders of my buildings... some of them are a little over the top.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Great update - looks good and a pleasure to see. Keep up the nice work.

[De Ja Vu 117]

Interesting! Nice use of the airport buildings to make custom shaped buildings

Keep up the good work!

[TowerDude 2,186]

Hello and welcome to this mini-update.

Photo-editing has arrived in Hong Kong! Yes! this weekend  I downloaded GIMP and i have been editing some pics here is one

So expect more photo-editingin my CJ

Regional update

I thought you might want to see what the region vue looks like currently

BAT hunting

I am currently working on the Wanchai district in HK and there is one big building missing, The conference center

I have been looking through the STEX and LEX and haven't found something really suitable

If you hadve an idea tell me

OK, thats all for  this micro update see you soon,

Next update : Victoria park

[bixel 1,223]

Maybe put a stadium there - just as a place holder until somebody makes it.

[TowerDude 2,186]

That's exactly what I did, but it might take some time before someone makes it

Originally posted by: bixel

Maybe put a stadium there - just as a place holder until somebody makes it.quote>

[Benedict 3,119]

Really great continuation of your cj - definitely has that Hong Kong feel to it.

[TowerDude 2,186]

I would like to thank all the ones that followed this CJ, making it enter "ben top 10" at 6th position

Victoria Park

Victoria park is a public park in Hong Kong named after Queen Victoria. It is located on Causeway Bay.

Originally this park was a typhoon shelter. In the 50's it became a park, and the shelter was moved up north.

As you can see it features a statue of Queen Victoria. ans many sports grounds around.

It also feature pools made for reflection and meditation

Events in victoria Park

Political gatherings

On June the 4th every year is held a gathering to commmemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Breakdown.

the park is also used throughout the year for differrent demonstrations

City Forum

Broadcasted by RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) the City Forum attracts intellectuals from all over the country, usually held in the park every Sunday. It brings together politicians, academics and prominent public figures to discuss current public issues.

Lunar New Year Fair

Every year hundreds of people come and attend the Lunar New Year Fair. Thr crowds stay until late at night to celebrate.

Hong kong Flower show

It is held every march by the LCSD, it attract nature and Feng Shui lovers from the whole region

As the day goes on in Hong Kong a light drizzles already makes locals fear something worse

Join me tommorow for the other weekly update, you already have a hint on what it will be on

NEW FEATURE!! a revolvermap

This is a feature already used on schulmania. Now i don't want to imitate schulmania, I put a revolvermap because I want to see from where people follow my CJ

Large Visitor Globe

[TowerDude 2,186]

Replies

Forum- there were none

Cj section

Timmystwin- the map isn't 100% accurate

Tankman- there are that much fotball grounds in reality

Reikhardt- Thx, I would also be insulted

Paulobergonci- i hope you'll prefer these ones

ROFLyoshi-

Bobbi- I know, i justr installed it this morning

DC metro34 -Here it is!!

Blacknf : Thanks, hope you enjoy this update

Tepodon: i might do a tutorial, if more people want to know, if not i'll pm you

Typhoon Choi-Wei hits Hong Kong Typhoon are quite common in Hong Kong. All buildings are designed to resist to the forces of nature. a Typhoon is the same as a hurricane. it is the Japanese name

The rain started slowly but quickly intensified

As night falls the rain intensifies

the storm hit it's high at 10 PM

I hope you enjoyed this update of Hong Kong, next time we will visit Chep Lap Kok Airport.

-If you want to know how to do the rain effect tell me and I will do a tutorial for you.

Hong Kong Spy Map

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special message to my granny who follows my CJ's "Hello I hope you like this update, now I can see you on the globe

Large Visitor Globe