The announcement this January 14th that the Walled City will be torn was the result of discussions following the joint declaration on the question of Hong Kong signed by the British government and the Chinese Communists three years ago. Although many district residents oppose the demolition, the Hong Kong government has already begun to register households and to construct public housing for them at another location.
三年前，英國與中共簽訂「中英聯合聲明」，宣佈將在一九九七年交還香港後，中共勢力正式登陸，雙方秘密協議許久，終於在今年一月十四日宣佈拆掉九龍城寨，雖然有不少居民反對，但港府已開始進行城寨的戶口調查，並在他處蓋公屋（國民住宅），做安置城寨居民的準備。