Hong Kong, China
Chinese flags courtesy Free Gifs & Animations

The following pictures copied from the 1959-1960 USS Helena CA-75 Cruise Book provided by RD2 Dave Brouchoud Click on the book image to learn more.

1959-1960

NORMAL ADJECTIVES FAIL TO DO JUSTICE TO HONGKONG, PERHAPS
THE MOST FASINATING CITY IN ALL THE WORLD. HERE, WE EXCHANGE
OUR TREASURED DOLLARS FOR MERCHANDISE WHICH RANGED FROM
DELICATE JEWELS TO BLARING STEREO EQUIPMENT. DAPPER DANS
EMERGED FROM TAILORS SUCH AS LEE CHONG TAI, TUNG SUN AND
BRITISH TEXTILES, LTD., PROUDLY DISPLAYING THEIR NEW WARDROBES.
LIFE HERE VARIES FROM THE FABULOUS WEALTH OF THE WORLD TRADERS
TO THE POVERTY OF ANY OF THOUSANDS OF FISHING FAMILIES, EITHER
EXTREME LYING BEYOND THE RANGE OF NORMAL WESTERN COMPREHENSION.

the countless stall-and-shop-lined streets vend merchandise of varying qualities . . . .and prices

the harbor shows the old-style fishing boats against a backdrop of modernity

ever-increasing numbers of Chinese are crowded into Hong Kong's limited area

here, in photos taken only a few blocks from one another, we see the extreme contrasts of the colony

one of the smaller fishing villages, less crowded, but with equally primitive

a resident of the ancient walled city of Kam Tin

despite poverty, Hong Kong offers an unmatched array of colors in her bargain centers and throughtout the island

here . . . . our only advertisement ... for Mary Soo, Side Cleaners and Garbage, Inc.

TIGER BALM GARDENS

Grotesque statues and magnificent examples of Oriental architecture stand side by side,
built as a lesson in morality by a wealthy Chinese manufacture of herb tonics and medicines

the village of Aberdeen, a few miles around the other side of the island, is resting place for thousands of
familes whose only home is their tiny boat . . . who subsist on yearly incomes of what we earn in a single week

there were many sights of interest for us

but we ourselves were the big attraction for residents of Hong Kong