Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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HONG KONG is by far the best liberty port in Westpac. Divided be- tween Hong Kong island fViCt01-ia cityjv and Kowloon on the mainland the British Crown Colony exists in spite of the jaws of Mao. She is a living monument to free enterprise capitalism, a gigantic funnel for European and Aslan goods travellng tariff free apa nese goods for less than they cost 1n apan no tax British textiles 1n un believable profusion, European auto moblles at fantastic savings Few were the Mlnuternen who d1d not drop a bundle on purchases andfor entertain ment here it IS estimated that our total expendltures for seven days ex ceeded half a m1ll1on dollars Slght-seeing in this 400 square mile territory is an all-day plus adventure. Life is tense, packed, fast, picturesque. Two points not to miss are The Peak and Tiger Balm Gardens, both in Victoria. The Peak is the highest point in the Colony and is reached by a breath-taking trolley ride 5 Tiger Balm Gardens is the Asian answer to Disney- land. Built in 1935 by Aw Boon Haw from part of a fortune made on a cure- all drug, Tiger Balm-and still availa- ble on the market, the Gardens feature statues of historical figures, Chinese folk tales, and Buddhist stories.

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I w hmalfeld hmalfeld IGGHI Across the Bay lies Kowloon, city of Nine Dragons, which is a wealthier area containing more elegant shops, the airport, and the last vis- tage of British Empire. The town of Kowloon contains the Colony's main industrial area, one of the two principal commercial dockyard wharves, and a large resi- dential suburb. Behind the rugged range of mountains lies the New Territories containing flat land for truck farm- ing, walled cities of ar- cheological interest, and the border with Commu- nist China. qngell