Fox (CG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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Hong Kong HONG KONG - Referred to by many as The Pearl ofthe Orient , l-long Kong is a city of contrastg the old and the new, the East and the West, the rickshaws and the Flolls Ftoyces. From the New Territories with its spreading squalor to Victoria peak and its high rise apartments all one sees is construction. With an inexhaustible labor supply one can have anything made locally for almost nothing, and l-long Kong's status as a free port means low prices on goods from throughout the world. But Hong Kong is more than just a bargain hunter's paradise, it is Stanley Market, the Star Ferry, the night clubs of Kowloon andthe Wanchai, the peak tramway, the floating restaurants at Aberdeen, and the junks picking their way through the crowded harbor. ' 118

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Snoopy Shots