After an arduous eviction process, and the transfer of de jure sovereignty of the enclave from China to Britain, demolition began in March 1993 and was completed in April 1994. In January 1987, the Hong Kong government announced plans to demolish the walled city.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was controlled by local triads and had high rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug abuse. By 1990, the walled city contained 50,000 residents within its 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) borders. Its population increased dramatically following the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Originally a Chinese military fort, the walled city became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom by China in 1898.
Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated de jure Chinese enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong.
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