ENG-1957 — Page 131

Hong Kong Year Books 香港年報 All

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Chow Chung Lim. A.R.P.S.

Puzzle picture: What is the workman doing? The correct answer defeats many a visitor to Hong Kong who. beyond hazarding that obviously something is being hung out to dry', usually guesses wildly at what that 'something is-cotton or woollen yarn being the favourite choice. The correct answer is 'Noodles'. The noodle-of either rice flour or wheaten flour base-is a favourite. food of the Chinese, and small noodle factories, on the outskirts of Kowloon and in the New Territories, frequently dry their products like this in the open air.

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