Causeway Bay is located on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island and is covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern districts.
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There are many various leisure facilities in Victoria Park including model boat pool.
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| Victoria Park |
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Located at the city centre of Hong Kong Island, Victoria Park was opened in year 1957 and was named after the statue of Queen Victoria.
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Local models boat fans are competiting against each other.
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| Victoria Park |
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Every Sunday, a big part of Victoria Park is occupied by Indonesian
Amah or maids. They gather, chat, sing and dance together.
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| Victoria Park |
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Many outdoor stands provide backdrops and traditional clothes for local Indonesian
ladies to take souvenir pictures.
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| Victoria Park |
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Victoria Park includes a plantation of over 5 500 trees. With an area of over 19 hectares, Victoria Park is the largest park in Hong Kong Island.
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Smiling Indonesian ladies wearing beautiful traditional clothes in
Victoria Park.
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| Victoria Park |
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In year 2003 most of Hong Kong's 240 000 foreign domestic helpers are from the Philippines, with Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal and Sri Lanka also contributing significant numbers.
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Young Indonesian ladies wearing traditional burka and praying.
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| Victoria Park |
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In year 2005 there were 120 400 domestic helpers from the Philippines compared with 91 700 from Indonesia. The number of Philippine helpers reached a peak of 155 450 in year 2001, while there were 68 880 Indonesians. Many migrant activists attributed the trend to employers paying Indonesians lower wages, the poor economic situation in Indonesia.
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Many local artists can draw sharp and accurate portraits in a short time.
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| Victoria Park |
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On Sunday around 6 PM, local maids leave Victoria Park and start to head
towards their boss' home.
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| Victoria Park |
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The ultra-luxurious residential site, comprising of 8 towers of up to 31 floors,
is situated between Link Road and the Happy Valley racecourse, with all units having fine
open views across to the city and hills.
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| Leighton Hill |
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The key for popular restaurants is to have a focus on fresh seafood,
highlighted by tanks full of live fish near the entrance.
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| Seafood restaurant |
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Causeway Bay is also famous for its huge choice of
different restaurants, i.e. Thai, Italian, Cantonese, Philipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
and Indian and so on...
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| Causeway Bay by night |
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Turtle soup is a popular dish in China with a long tradition as
turtles are considered as a delicacy.
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| Turtle soup shop |
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