CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950 — Page 16

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clubs, race courses and golf courses, a pleasure

resort on Stonecutters Island modelled on

Stockholm's Skansen, and a permanent industrial fair

to act as a "show-window for the Far East".

Sir Patrick also notes that Hong Kong, para-

doxically, is the conservator of the old south

Chinese way of life in town and country alike,

and he suggests that many visitors would like to

see Chinese village life in the New Territories,

with its exquisitely patterned landscapes, and

carnivals

such popular as as the Dragon Boat Fest-

ival.

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