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Hong Kong is now the most crowded place on earth But

Hong Kong
is now the most crowded place on earth
But 160 years

ago it was very different
In 1845 only 24,000 people
Iived in Hong Kong
and there were only 700 houses.
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Life was hard, and every summer hundreds of people died of

Life was hard, and every summer hundreds
of people died
of

malaria
(Now there is no malaria in Hong Kong.)
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Hong Kong looked very different then farmers rode cows in the

Hong Kong looked very different then
farmers rode cows
in the

center of the town
and ducks ran about in the streets.
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Now there are nearly seven million people in Hong Kong and

Now there are nearly
seven million people
in Hong Kong
and

the government builds
40,000 houses every year.
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These days people drive cars, taxis and buses in the town

These days people drive cars,
taxis and buses in the town

center
but they never ride cows
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In 1844 a traveler complained that his small wet bedroom in

In 1844 a traveler complained
that his small
wet bedroom in Hong

Kong
was more expensive
than a first-class hotel in London