 Starting
out as a fishing port many decades ago, the harbor in Hong Kong (Victoria
Harbor) has always been an important part of Hong Kong especially in terms
of economics.
Before the advent of the cross harbor tunnels, it served
as a vital route of transportation between the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Nowadays,
it is more for leisure. Cruise liners, yachts, sailboats and other leisure crafts
routinely sail through it. In other parts of the Hong Kong waters, gigantic
cargo container ships are loaded and unloaded with the import and export merchandize
that Hong Kong handles. (Left:
a Chinese boat cleaning up the Hong Kong harbor.) | 
