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Page 142 text:
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The city appears a dirty and worn sea of humanity when closely inspected, but when viewed from the top of Victoria Peak or the Star Ferry it is a sea of pure and vivid color. Kowloon and the New Territories, often completely neglected by the tourist, contain some of the finest landscapes in China. Like everything else, beauty is there if you know where to look. . . . indelible beauty : i----. .• T ' ?? .— :• 1 ' ' S«i » ;; ' ■- ' ■-m i ' :- ' :i4 ' , r . - ' : y:i :-t • - V. -9V:
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. . innumerable shopping places . . . It takes much more than a lot of Chinese, a few English and a tram ride up a mountain to attract thous- ands of tourists each year. In Hong Kong the real at- traction is found in the un- countable (and unaccount- able) shops found nearly everywhere in its 391 square miles. Hong Kong, one of the few free ports remaining in the world, is a shopper ' s dream. Tailor made clothes, silks (certificate of origin available of course), silver- ware, watches, perfume, china and hundreds of other items are available at prices cheaper than any- where else on earth. For instance, Rogers Brothers Silverware is cheaper here than in New England where it is made. Crystal from Austria is cheaper than in Vienna. Silk from Japan is cheaper than in Tokyo. And so on. And not only is the variety of goods nearly unlimited, but the shops and stores are as well. From the huge Navy store in the China Fleet Club to the smallest tailor shop in Kowloon, Hong Kong retailers are some of the most ambitious in the world. There were very few of us that did not go broke saving money.
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But even avid shoppers need something to do while they are waiting for a fitting ' . To fill in this gap Hong Kong has its share of sights to see. Number one is the Tiger Balm Gardens. This unusual and often comic collec tion of assorted plants and figures, dominated by a seven-story pagoda, is probably the most photographed section in Hong Kong. Right behind it in popularity are the two floating restaurants of Aberdeen. and inescapable tourist attractions.
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