Talk:Lan Kwai Fong

Killed
21 and not 20 people killed. source: http://www.martinlee.org.hk/W26.12.00.htm. 202.81.248.187 18:41, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)


 * Yes, I have found contradictory reports on the number. - David Stewart 09:18, 1 Sep 2003 (UTC)
 * Perhaps one of the guys didn't pass away immediately, but some time later.

History
How did this pub area come from? Obviously, LKF wasn't built in a day; its history is highly demanded in this page. Was it full of printing houses before the occupation of bars? I'm not that sure, and hope someone could answer my question.


 * A local TV station here (OMNI 2) aired a "documentary" on LKF (actually some sort of promotional piece for Hong Kong tourism) 3 weeks ago. It had LKF history; unfortunately I didn't record the programme. All I remember was that the transformation to bars etc was started by a Canadian guy. Maybe someone who taped that programme can write some (or maybe someone from the TV station can…).—Gniw (Wing) 08:59, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

I survived it. It was like being in a river, you were just carried along. It was amazing that the girl I was with and I didn't get separated, but we made it out onto a side street. All I remember afterward is the shoes, countless shoes scattered everywhere as people had literally been lifted out of them as they stumbled along, pushed from behind. Oddly, I had no idea anyone had been killed. We left as quickly as we could and went to a love hotel in wan chai. It was only near dawn, turning on the little hotel tv to the bbc, that we saw the news and realized the extent of the tragedy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.33.208.179 (talk) 04:31, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

History
I worked in Lan Kwai Fong from 1989 to 1990. From my notes I have this. In 1850, the Hong Kong Club was opened between Wyndham and D’Aguilar Streets. Someone started selling flowers to members who liked buttonholes. Many other hawkers caught on to the idea. Soon the stalls spread out around Wyndham Street that became known as fa gei that means ‘Flower Street.’ There was a small L-shaped road of D’Aguilar Street became known as The Place of White Flowers that in Cantonese is Lan Kwai Fong and it soon became the official name. Christian Romberg, who worked for the Austrian Foreign Service established the 97 club in 1984. I don't know if I can put this in as I don't have any sources.

Stephen A 22:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Spelling
I don't understand a lot of these transliterations. If it is pronounced Lan Gwai Fong, then why is it spelled Lan Kwai Fong. Similarly, the word Gwai Lo is spelled as gweilo.

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Stampede?
I’ve renamed this section "New Years Eve tragedy" and re-written it a bit; according to the description in the source, this was a crowd collapse, not a stampede. The source describes it simply as a tragedy (慘劇), and although it uses the term 踩踏事件 ("Trample event", which translates as "stampede"), the description is clear: A large crowd gathered, the revellers were crowded into a small space, and the event spiralled out of control when some people became rowdy (started throwing bottles, spraying beer, soda and gas canister ribbons) and the crowd began to evade and regress. It also says specifically that the crowd fell like dominoes (人群如多米諾骨牌一般倒下), which is typical of a crowd collapse. Also, the term "stampede" is pejorative; those who died weren't animals! I trust everyone is OK with that. Moonraker12 (talk) 17:59, 24 May 2021 (UTC)