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On January 12, the MIDWAY dropped her mighty anchor in Hong Kong Harbor, and for seven days, crew members had a chance to visit one of the most exotic, fascinating ports in the Orient. The fabulous Tiger Balm Gardens are a must for the tourist, and much newly-purchased camera equipment got a work out in the gaudy splendor of the statues, pagodas, and figurines. The famed tramway ascending Victoria ' s summit offered a magnificent view of the harbor, and each day, hundreds of shutterbugs made the trip to the top. Hong Kong is justly famous to Navy men for the bargains found in the scores of shops lining the narrow streets. Going broke saving money seemed to be the object for all, and British wools and tweeds got a heavy play. Souvenir hunters had a holiday buying their last minute gifts for their families and friends back home. The British Crown Colony is a city of vivid contrasts. The utter squalor and poverty of the multitudes forced from the land to junks and sampans stands in marked comparison to the wealth and luxury of the homes bordering Repulse Bay. It is a constant wonderment for those who have known only the American way of life to imagine life as seen in the foul smelling colony of water-borne homes at Aberdeen. It is said that many of these unfortunate Chinese are born and then die never leaving their floating homes. Their meager existencejs scraped from the sea and from what can be borrowed, begged, or stolen. Stomachs that have known little crave little, and a birth or a death causes as much concern as a kitten ' s. As the last stronghold of the the free world on the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong is an increasingly important seaport, and although it has already played a major part in the history of the world, it promises to add new chapters in the future.
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