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KQ •u, - : r., V!rj rji. •I (A ABERDEEN, (UPPER LEFT), IS HONG KONG ' S MAIN FISHING VILLAGE AND HAS THE LIONS SHARE OF THE 65,000 FLOATING MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION LIVING ON 13,000 VESSELS IN COLONY WATERS. THERE ARE 20,000 PEOPLE LIV- ING ON 3,000 VESSELS IN ABERDEEN HARBOR. YAUMATI TYPHOON HARBOR HAS 8,000 PEOPLE ON 1,000 BOATS AND THE CAUSEWAY BAY TY- PHOON SHELTER HAS 2,000 PEOPLE ON 750 VES- SELS. MORE COLORFUL VIEWS OF TIGER BALM GAR- DENS (LEFT MIDDLE AND LOWER). THE ARCHI- TECTURE THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH COLONY OF HONG KONG VARIES. CLASSIC CHINESE AR- CHITECTURE (ABOVE) CAN BE SEEN INTERMI- GLED WITH MODERN HIGHRISE, VICTORIAN, A WALLED VILLAGE, AND SMALL SINGLE ROOM SHACKS. !« • «
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HONG KONG i ' • s H — r- T 1 1 I I J L ' . I toll H - tf THERE ARE NO SUPERMARKETS IN HONG KONG. ONLY THE STALLS OF THE OPEN MARKETS IN THE STREET (LEFT). RICKSHAWS ARE CURRENTLY BEING PHASED OUT AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL A TOURIST ATTRACTION AS DEMONSTRATED BY STG 3 FRIANT AND STG 2 VAN MECHELEN (MIDDLE LEFT). THE QUICKEST MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO AN OUTLYING ISLAND IS BY HYDROFOIL (LOWER LEFT). TIGER BALM GARDENS. (BE- LOW) WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 1935, COVERING 8 ACRES AND COSTING $3.555355 (US). IT CONSISTS OF GROT- TOS AND PAVILIONS DISPLAYING EF- FIGIES OF CHINESE MYTHOLOGY. DUE TO FLAMBOYANT COLORS AND GRO- TESQUE STATUES. IT 18 A PHOTOGRA- PHER ' S PARADISE TW ' ¥
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SINGAPORE IN MALAY ANNALS. IT 18 RECORDED THAT SANG NILA UTAMA. A DE8CENDENT OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. JOURNEYING FROM PA- LEMBANY TO THE ISLAND OF BETANY. WAS DRIVEN TO THE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE BY A STORM. ON COMING ASHORE WITH HIS FOL- LOWERS. HE SAW AN ANIMAL WHICH THE ANNALS DESCRIBED AS »VERY SWIFT AND BEAUTIFUL. ITS BODY BRIGHT RED. ITS HEAD JET BLACK. ITS BREAST WHITE. IN SIZE RATHER LARGER THAN A GOAT. ON BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS A LION. SANG SAID: IF AN ANIMAL HERE LOOKS SO SMART AND FIERCE, IT WOULD BE A OOD COUNTRY IN WHK;H TO FOUND A KINGDOM. HE NAMED THE NEW KINGDOM SINGAPURE (THE UON CITY). ll '
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