For visitors and local residents alike the beaches (below) provide the most popular recreation. Many of the beaches have a Riviera quality and are among the most beautiful in the world. There are 30 public bathing beaches throughout the Colony where attendants from the Urban Services Department are on duty.
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It is said Hong Kong is combination of East and West, a mixture of old and new. Perhaps more than anything, the fishing junkĮ making its way across the harbour against a background of modern buildings adds truth to this statement. Certainly to the tourist, the fishing junk has become the symbol of Hong Kong.