In the streets to the left and right of Nathan Road there is an incredible rabble, throng and of course a hellish noise both day and night. Nathan's Folly was the name given to this dead-straight road which, following the concept of Governor Nathan, who had it built, was intended to connect Kowloon to the New Territories which were leased to it. In 1903 an insignificant path ran through here and most of the residents could not understand why a road should be built through this "pampa".
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