Me thinks cheesypeas and Clovenpine are one and the same. Both come out with unbelievable rubbish, both been here 8 years. Both with a handful of posts.
Well, to be strictly correct, there was a designated zone, but the other way round. The Peak was forbidden by law as a residence for non-Europeans from 1904 to 1946.
Although a blind eye was turned for some influential half chinese members of the community!
If you take the MTR in Kowloon side for example (in the morning commuters), you will not see any foreigners.
Totally wrong, I live in Kowloon side and see plenty of ex-pats on the commuter run, Hell some of them even live in my development and thats not aimed at the ex-pat community as such.