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the Government House, the Zoological and Botanical ABERDEEN Gardens, the former French Mission Building, St. Despite extensive redevelopment and John's Cathedral (the oldest Anglican Church in the modernization, the ancient fishing port of Aberdeen Far East), Flagstaff House - home to the Museum of (named after a British peer) is a scenic highlight of Tea Ware (Hong Kong's oldest surviving colonial any Hong Kong Island Tour. Brightly decorated building), Hong Kong Park and City Hall. trawlers, which double as floating homes for Aberdeen's fisher folk, fill a sheltered harbor whose PAGE 3 Population | Time | Visas CAUSEWAY BAY AND HAPPY VALLEY hillsides are decked with woodland, Chinese Insurance | History Causeway Bay is a popular nightlife and dining area cemeteries and residential towers. and a shopper's dreamland. Shops are open till PAGE 4 History & Government 9:30pm or so, when the district is aglow with neon Also in the area is Ocean Park, Southeast Asia's and spotlights. The chic Vogue Alley consists of two largest entertainment and leisure complex. Its PAGE 5-9 covered walkways of widely varied boutiques, and outdoor escalator system is one of the longest in the Island Areas the latest attractions are the new shopping centers of world. You can also ride up to the headland Times Square and In Square. attractions via the cable car system where you will PAGE 9 Language have a panoramic view of some of Hong Kong's 235 The area's other wide open space is Victoria Park, Outlying Islands and of Hong Kong Island's Riviera- PAGE 10 where early risers practice t'ai chi and tens of Climate & Weather like coastline. thousands of people gather on such festive occasions PAGE 11 as Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival. SOUTH COAST The Land Beyond Aberdeen, along a scenic coastal road EASTERN DISTRICT flanked by flame trees and imposing cliffside PAGE 12 Currency | Credit Cards Queen's Road ends in Wan Chai; King's Road begins mansions, lies Deep Water Bay. Its public beach, one Changing Money | Tipping beyond Victoria Park and stretches eastward along of the most attractive in Hong Kong, is situated the coast towards the ancient fishing harbor of Shau alongside the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club's annex. PAGE 13 Kei Wan. The Tam Kung Temple there honors Hong A scenic coastal pathway winds eventually to Etiquette | Health & Vaccinations Kong's "own" Taoist deity, a patron god of seafarers Repulse Bay. who reputedly lived in the region during his human PAGE 14 boyhood. This is Hong Kong Island's most popular beach and Communications | What to Pack is easily accessible by bus or taxi from Central or PAGE 15 HONG KONG ISLAND - Southside Admiralty, via the Aberdeen tunnel and Deep Water Shopping | Customs Whereas the north Shore of Hong Kong Island is a Bay, or via a hilltop road. Further on, passing other Bartering densely populated city sector, the island's central and secluded, sandy coves, the road runs through a gap southern areas mainly consist of unspoiled in the range of hills, suddenly revealing the PAGE 16-17 Food & Drinks countryside. A band of large country parks covers panorama of Stanley - its fishing village, peninsula much of the wooded, hilly terrain, which is edged and bays. A major attraction in the old fishing PAGE 18 with sandy coves, fishing harbors and pockets of elite village is Stanley Market. Cottages and chophouses Culture & The Arts | Religion residential housing. have been converted into well-stocked boutiques selling a wide range of relatively inexpensive clothing, including factory overruns of locally made designed items. Porcelain, rattan ware and other hand-crafted items are also readily available at competitive prices. KOWLOON The Kowloon Peninsula, ceded to Britain in 1860, covers an area of less than 11 square kilometers, but it is home to around two million people. The district of Mong Kok is one of the most densely populated in the world.