Washburn (AKA 108) - Naval Cruise Book

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' - 'i- :+',-:a,:.-A i 1' -EP-,ab llong Kong and Kowloon HCDGKCDG The British Crown Colony of' Hong Kong has traditionally been a major outpost of British political and commercial interests in the Far lgast, a warehouse for the great market of China, and a center of Western orientation for Chinese people. Hong Kong is a chief point of exit and entry for the Communist-dominated China main- land. The colony comprises an area of approximately 392 square miles and includes the island of Hong Kong and a section of the mainland which is divided between Kowloon and the New or leased territories. The principle business area is located on the island of Hong Kong in the City of Victoria, which is commonly called Hong Kong, The population is approximately 3.5 million, the largest proportion being the one million refugees who have fled to Hong Kong since l9-19 when the Communists completed their seizure of the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong is an island between two worlds where opposing ideologies, cultures, and races live together for mutual financial gain. However the endless stream of refugees that continues Q0 pour into the colony from Communist China IS a reminder that Hong Kong is at the edge of a whirl ool which at any time could swallow the islan . The richest jewel in the British Crown, Hong Kong is a city of immense wealth and grandeur, a city of bargains, a splendor of sights Peak Tram, Hong Kong and sounds, a city of noise, honking cabs, and peoples of many nationalities such as Mongol, lndian, British, Xlalay and Iiurasian. Ender the shadow of the towering Victoria Peak, llontf Kong faces the bay which is always teaming with iunks, sampans, walla-wallas, and linersfall bearing the goods of the world to this fabulous shopping market. It .15 ,. , - v - ' A -0- - ' ff'--:+A-s -' --V-. ' '.----r--Q' ff:-.2143-1' ,wwf -1-'f'a-'.-L f fwlvv- 4.--f .-'a....-,4. , - . ,. - V ' ' ---1-'Y .-1.4 - -, gg 4 '- - ' ' 45 .l F.-L - ferr, 1.v-441 Q, ,-.- - - 'G' uv, -1 fr,-53,1 ,.f-1'-,-Lf'-T -5 ' .fi-9' - ,.,, ,- . , A , - - A - -- - - -Y A 4' 1?-,J-2-4 - -sfv,--rp-.:.,w - ,150 -,.,f '.. ,mu-,gi ',.-f , J-QfA '.y'y 7'j5:i::I-Li

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