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Reinventing Hong Kong; Ten years after the change-over, Hong Kong is positioning itself to become Asia's New York City.(City overview)
Byline: George Wehrfritz
On the rare days when Hong Kong's Victoria Peak isn't shrouded in smog, one of the world's great maritime hubs is on display from its heights.
Northward in Kowloon, modern container ports--their giant cranes lined up like robotic elephants on parade--load waiting freighters. Barges scurry like worker ants, flags from every port of convenience flap in the breeze and jetfoils buzz back and forth from Macau.
For decades, as East Asia's export economies rose to pre-eminence, the scene has grown more frenetic year by year. But sometime soon--or perhaps that day has already passed--the vast natural harbor that first attracted ...
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