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Hong Kong Vacations

editor — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 11:02:00 +0000

The north side of Kowloon Park borders on the district of Yau Ma Tei. This area, which is bounded by Nathan Road to the east, Public Square Street to the north, Temple Street to the west (Chinese night-time market) and Market Street to the south, has four Chinese temples: Tin-Hau Temple, Fook Tak Tse Temple, Shing Wong Temple and Shea Tam Temple. This temple area was established on a different site in 1870, but moved to its present position in 1876 and most recently renovated in 1972. A little way to the west, at the junction of Kansu Street and

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Hong Kong

editor — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 03:14:00 +0000

What is the secret of this sudden and enormous growth in population and trading importance, of a barren rock? This must be among the first questions of a stranger. Hong Kong itself, he sees at a glance, produces nothing but granite boulders and the thinnest scrub, – beneath the hottest of suns, and least healthy of climates. The city of Victoria, with its Cathedral and Episcopal palace, its Government House, and Supreme Court, with all its Merchants’ palatial houses, is perhaps the very last spot, on all the coast of China, where a sensible man would have thought of placing

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Hong Kong Guide for Tourist

editor — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:31:00 +0000

One of Hong Kong’s oldest buildings is the luxurious Hotel Mandarin, located next to the Prince’s Building, which is famous for its ceramic relief decorations and excellent range of shops. The most impressive building in the area is, however, “The Landmark”, a five-storey complex which is laid out around a large inner courtyard (1860sq.m/20,OOOsq.ft; fountain) and accommodates around 100 shops. At weekends there is regularly a wide range of free entertainment on offer here. As we go westwards along Queen’s Road, the open shop-fronts lend the townscape an increasingly Chinese appearance. Steep narrow stepped alleyways branch off from the main

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