Map take two

This is my second version of my map idea, I think it turned out better than the first. This one feature Hong Kong architecture,Tian Tian Buddha, temples, bird cages, butterflies native to Hong Kong, a fashion image and a policeman basically some of the images I found interesting I combined together.

Festivals

All festivals whether downbeat or light hearted end in feast. Christmas and easter are well known however there are a few more unusual festivals such as the Bun festival.

Cheung Chau bun festival, a mounmtain of buns to be climbed for the festival.

The buns are fixed to a wooden frame or scaffolding higher than a house. A signal is heard then young men and boys clamber up and grab what they can. Whoever snatches the highest cakes will have the best luck for a whole year. This festival only happens in Hong Kong and is usually attended by the governor.

Steamed buns for the bun mountain stamped with the name of the district.

Chinatown

Several urban Chinatowns exist in major capital cities particularly in Europe. During the 1950's immigrants from Hong Kong began migrating to the United Kingdom in large numbers creating Chinatowns, therefore I decided to visit my local Chinatown in newcastle.





Entrance to Chinatown

 

Carved wooden Dragon

Chinese food yum!

Map

The definition of the word map according to the dictionary is a drawing that gives you a particular type of information about a particular area, so with this in mind I have been asked to produce a map of Hong Kong. However, instead of doing a traditional style map I have decided to do a slightly more abstract composition of a map.

This is how my map turned out not too sure if I like it or not. It shows some of Hong Kongs most famous buildings the Bank of China, Jardine building also Tian Tan Buddha and a junk boat with a few small Chinese lanterns thrown in.



The 'Human Flood'

Over two million tourists visit Hong Kong each year. They have a choice of accomodation from simple guest houses to luxury hotels, where the conditions are equal to the best anywhere in the world. However imagine that you are living comfortably in a village with about a thousand inhabitants. Suddenly a thousand visitors arrive, then another thousand until it becomes a continual stream. But these visitors are different to the tourists they are illegal immigrants who have entered Hong Kong without permission. Immigration officers have a difficult job, keeping these people out of Hong Kong as many of them are Chinese and family ties are very strong. The Hong Kong immigration department had a law passed by the government that states an illegal immigrant will be punished with a fine of 49,929 Hong Kong dollars and imprisonment of up to three years. The immigrants flood in by boat often called snake boats from the way they twist and turn to get away from the police patrol boats.

The Aberdeen Marine Police capture two illegal immigrants during a routine inspection.