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15th June 2012, 08:00 PM
#1
hong kong
Does anyone know if the old floating harbour of Junks and Sampans is still there, ?

Tony Wilding
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15th June 2012, 09:55 PM
#2
That should be in Junk Bay Tony, I was last there in 2008 but didnt get to Junk Bay so Dont know if it still excists, Hong Kong has changed so much over the last few years it is hard to recognise it.
Cheers
Brian
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15th June 2012, 09:56 PM
#3
tony i would think they are well gone by now the families on them worked hard and the smell of the joss sticks of a morning but what a place it was in the 60s i went ashore in Holt's own launch to the hospital after being scalded i was escorted by mercedes and a butler type with an umbrella i felt very important for the afternoon then i went missing till the next morning? what days?.JP
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15th June 2012, 11:14 PM
#4
hong kong
Hello John, i expected that would be the answer, i think there are some floating resteraunts there, but all the Chinese living on the boats gone, allways wanted to see them, oh well too late now, hope you are well, best wishes, Tony

Tony Wilding
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16th June 2012, 05:25 AM
#5
They all left to take up the opportunity of opening a Chinese restaurant here in Oz.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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16th June 2012, 08:39 AM
#6
hong kong
You could be right there John, i read on Wikipedia a Resteraunt there that was there many years had to close because of staffing problems.

Tony Wilding
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