Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Navymen and other Americans have been travehng abroad for many years, taking the culture of the United States to all other lands. To add to this, American movies, books and just plain legends have drifted to most countries and have been adopted. The result is a world with very few places which do not bear the mark of the United States, even in the remote Orient. But there is still one which is so entrenched in British tradition and Chinese lives that it reflects little of the U. S. — Hong Kong. This alone makes it unique among all the ports we have visited. Hong Kong Mta •L ' ' ' JT-.T ■ ' M » •• •akt r ' • ki »■»• •■•■ r.

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Of all the lives we see The Life We See was a title picked for this section in order to have continuity throughout this cruise book. A better title would have been, the Hves we see. For all Hong Kong is a maze of lives. It is impossible for someone raised in the broad plains of Western America to imagine so many people crowded into such a small area. Millions of Chinese somehow stay alive in this city of freedom. And everyday more arrive, lured by the prospect of a chance. 117

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A w YM M r L ' 1 ■: .•»» The fact that this is the only foreign port without a visible bit of Americana attached is not the only thing that makes Hong Kong unique. A list of Hong Kong ' s major characteristics would read like a Hollywood publicity man ' s release on one hand and a communist anti-West denunciation on the other. Hong Kong has the most breath-taking scenery, the greatest shopping places in the world, Mercedes taxicabs and some of the prettiest women anywhere. On the other hand, it is a city of squalor and filth, of broken people, where millions grovel for an existence. is the most unique . Wmm 119