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BEIJING LIROWANG IN CHINESE 1 APR 01 PP 43, 44

((ARTICLE BY JI DI ((4764 5530)) AND CAI FANG ((5591 2455)); *HONG KONG TODAY*))

((TEXT)) 1. GENERAL PICTURE OF THE "FREE PORT" ((SUBHERD)) A SMALL BEAUTIFUL ISLAND LIES EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE ZHUJIANG IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. A STRAIT WHICH IS LESS THAN 2 XILOMETERS MIDE AND ABOUT 10 KILOMETERS LONG, SEPARATES THIS ISLAND FROM KOWLOON PENINSULA. THERE ARE TWO NATURAL PASSES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE STRAIT, THE ONE IN THE EAST IS CALLED *LEI YUE MUN" AND THE ONE IN THE WEST IS CALLED "KAP SHUI MUN." THIS LOVELY ISLAND IS CALLED HONG KONG, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER BRITISH RULE SINCE 1842.

THE BUILDINGS ARE TALL AND NUMEROUS AS TREES IN A FOREST, CARS FLOW LIKE RUNNING WATER AND THE STREETS THIST AND TURN LIKE SHAKES. IT IS NOISY AND CROWDED, WITH FLASHING FLOURESCENT LIGHTS EVERYWHERE. THIS IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION THAT HONG KONG LEAVES ON VISITORS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISITED THE *FOREST OF ROCKS" IN YUNNAN, WILL FIND THE BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG, VIEWED FROM A DISTANCE, SIMILAR TO THE "FOREST OF ROCKS" IF THEY COMPARE THE TWO.

AT PRESENT, CHINESE PEOPLE STILL MAKE UP ABOUT 93 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 5 MILLION PEOPLE. CHINESE (PARTICULARLY CANTONESE) IS STILL THE COMMON LANGUAGE SPOKEN AND WRITTEN. THE INHABITANTS OF HONG KONG NOT ONLY HAVE RELATIVES IN MAINLAND CHINA, BUT ALSO HAVE COUNTLESS INSEPARABLE TIES WITH THE MAINLAND WHERE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND OTHER ASPECTS ARE CONCERNED, THE CEREALS AND SUBSIDIARY FOODSTUFFS THAT THE INHABITANTS OF HONG KONG LIVE ON NOT TO MENTION THEIR WATER SUPPLY ARE MAINLY SUPPLIED BY THE MAINLAND. DURING THE FESTIVALS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HONG XONG PEOPLE USUALLY GO BACK TO THE MAINLAND IN A DAY TO PAY VISITS TO RELATIVES.

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