Cats and kittens mystery solved.
Upon reading a post about the fabled graffiti writer King of Kowloon, I sent this inquiry to the blog Learning Cantonese:
Once in a while in HK I used to see lampposts encircled with English graffiti. It was written really small, in black, and used the phrase “cats and kittens” a lot. Someone told me this was done by the King of Kowloon too, but your article and the ones it links to makes it sound like the stuff I was reading was really different than whatthe KoK was doing. Is anyone familiar with the graffiti I’m talking about? If so, who wrote it? It was in Kowloon, with a lot in the HK Science Museum area.
(Note: King of Kowloon never wrote in English, it seems, and most of his graffiti was about how he had the right to rule the area while government officials were usurpers.)
I got a reply:
Inspector Ma Lau Jai wrote:
MF - indeed I do remember the cats & kittens stuff. I used to patrol that area and see it a lot but it must have been removed as I’d completely forgotten about it and haven’t seen it for years.The ‘culprit’ was believed to be a wierd Chinese spinster in her 50s-60s who lived in the vicinity and wandered around muttering to herself & feeding stray cats. She was always quite well dressed and stories abounded regarding what had triggered her looniness off (usually centred on a British soldier/sailor/cop who’d loved & left her). Again I’ve not seen her for years so perhaps she, sadly, has passed away.
On the subject of eccentrics, there used to be a pair of blond English twins in their 40s-50s who would prowl around Mid Levels & Lan Kwai Fong cackling to each other and also feeding stray cats. They would literally hiss at anyone who gave them more than a passing glance. Haven’t seen them for at least 7-8 years. Any ideas where they’ve gone?
Mystery solved! Thanks, Inspector!