Thursday, July io, 1952
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
t H«jng Kong Fantastic City, Redfields
Relate In Tale Of Their Trip To Orient
are built over the sidewalks with
arches and pillars.
After dinner Lyle and I walked
You can go around the island
to the shopping district of Kow of Hong Kong in a couple of hours
loon, about ten minutes. We went as it is small, only 32 square miles
into old Hong King Mary’s shop, It has a population of two and a
where we bought a number of half million. A big portion of the
gifts and some hand-carved furni Chinese live on sampans and junks
ture. On leaving Old Mary told which can be moved at will and
us to take a taxi or a rickshaw as there are thousands of these lit
it was dangerous to be out after tle boats in and around the island
dark. We had our first rickshaw in the various bays. We were tak
ride.
en around and upon the peak. 1823
Next morning we had breakfast feet above sea level. Then we
and went to the ferry building to went to Repulse Bay, a popular
meet our guide of the previous ii«^ resort on teh south side of the
—ferried across to Hong Kong island. Further on you come to
and there hired a cab to take in Little Hong Kong, situated above
the sights of the island. Hong- Deep Water bay. which is filled
Kong is a fabulous metropolis, so with hunderds of sampans. Driv
colorful and beautiful, but very ing further on you see on the hill
hot and sticky as well as smelly. the terraced hillside Chinese cem
It is filled with hundreds of beg* etery. Then you come to dairy
gars, children on up <o adults. farms where grass grows so thick
They make begging their voca and green, providing fodder for
tion. Many of the streets are on the farms. The hills and cliffs ov
steep hillsides and are literally erlooking the ocean are covered
stairways. Looking up and down with beautiful homes, more like
any street you see hundreds of palaces. You finally come to the
colorful signs in Chinese script in unforgettable Tiger Balm Garden.
front of each shop, many double Going through this garden is
decked street cars clanging the like a ferry pathway, leading in
pedestrians out of their way. One and through grotesque figures hued
may see cars of every description and carved from the side of the
—from all nations and any num mountain of solid rock. Every con-
ber of Chinese-drawn rickshaws. ceiveable animal, bird, fish, rep
Most of buildings in the business tile from land, sea or air, men,
section of Hong Kong are made women, children in every shape
of concrete, stone or brick, and of and form. Many beautiful pago
three or more stones. Nearly all das and structures are also seen.
Here the creators of imagination
y
went wild with fantistic ideas.
Ttte wealthy Chinese who creat
ed Tiger Balm salve, an Oriental
cure-all, believed that as long as
he was constructing something,
Bookkeeping
he would continue to live, but I
understand he is now dead. One
Pay Roll
Taxes
of the beautiful pagodas rising out
*
Insurance
of the famous garden, you can see
from the ship’s deck.
K e rr Building
That evening at midnight, May
3, our sh J» ¿ur.ied about face and
Brookings, Oregon
started home. We went next to
Kobe, Japan.
Brookings
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