Sunday 9 May 2010

Clock Tower Hong Kong's Kowloon Station of Inspiration

Hong Kong is known as one of the Chinese state in which one of its main revenue derived from tourism draw. One of the leading Hong Kong where you can encounter is the high clock tower Kowloon-Canton railway station or called Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower. This clock tower is located on the south coast around Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Privileged towers height 44 meters, Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower is also equipped with a lightning rod as high as 7 meters. Wall of the building looks solid and also artistic, because building materials used are red brick and granite is strong. Each of the four sides of the wall that faced the four cardinal directions is also equipped with a large wall clock.

Formerly, any visitor who comes to board a peak Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower via wooden stairs inside the tower, However, for reasons of maintenance, Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower is no longer open to the public. But do not worry, there are also location near a beautiful pond that is usually used as a place to chat as well as listening to the sound of bells hours late into the night.

History
Construction of Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower in 1913, actually not independent from the influence of Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during the Second World War lasted. Although many times been renovated building, in 1990, the tower clock has been recognized by the government as one of the famous monuments in Hong Kong.

For those of you who want to look for other interesting places, around the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower there are also three large museum in Hong Kong, namely Hong Kong Space Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The concept of all the buildings in the area of Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower was made on the basis of the old station buildings Kowloon.