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Our first military landing point was at the foot of Fenwick Street a few blocks away from the present Fenwick Pier. We are due to move again in a few years due to the harbor landfill project. All active-duty military personnel are welcome to use the facilities at Fenwick Pier. Local residents and visitors may use our shopping facilities and The Quarterdeck Club, as well as our Vero Chocolate Lounge for the tastiest hot chocolate in Asia. During large ship visits the Quarterdeck Club is converted to a fast-food restaurant. Visitors must show their ID to enter.
Shopping at Fenwick Pier
Sailors may use the library where FREE books are available. Our poolroom has two American standard pool tables. The Internet Café is next to the Information Booth, near the money exchange and also requires that you leave your ID Card at the Information Booth while using it. US Navy visitors may use our U.S. Post Office, the Navy Federal Credit Union, and the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Office. (MWR) The SGA, the Ship Support Office, Glenn Defense and the Catholic Chaplain’s office are on the 2nd floor.
If you play pool, leave your ID card with our attendant while playing.
INTERNET CAFÉ & Wi-Fi CONNECTIONS
Pick up your e-mail at the Internet Café next to the Information Booth, A battery of computers are all connected to the Internet around the clock. They are available free to visiting active-duty military guests. The ground floor is fully serviced by a wireless internet. Bring your own laptop. Demand is high on computers, so don’t monopolize them. All internet services are FREE.
The island of Hong Kong (which means “fragrant harbor”) was ceded to the British in 1841 as the result of a war. The barren area’s only asset was its magnificent harbor. The first settlement was on the south shore of Hong Kong Island at Aberdeen, or in Chinese, “Little Hong Kong.” Insufficient water depth forced the move of the harbor facilities to the northern side of the island resulting in its present development. It has shrunken greatly due to constant landfills. In 1860 Stonecutters Island and the Kowloon Peninsula were granted to the British, and as late as 1880 there were Chinese Mandarins in Kowloon dispensing justice to the Chinese population. In 1898 the New Territories and 235 outlying islands were leased for 99 years as a British Crown Colony. China resumed sovereignty over all of Hong Kong in 1997.
Hong Kong is on the Southeast coast of China, 70 miles from the Tropic of Cancer, the same latitude as Havana, Cuba. Because of its connection to the large landmass of China, there are distinct seasonal changes of weather; from hot summer to cool winter.
Hong Kong has grown. Much has changed; fishermen no longer burn sandalwood so the fragrance that gave the name to the harbor is gone. When a local says he’s going to Hong Kong he means Hong Kong’s central district, as when New Yorkers, already in one of New York’s boroughs go to “the city” and mean Manhattan.
The total area of Hong Kong is just over 400 square miles, extending 25 miles from north to south and 44 miles east to west, a little smaller than New York City. Hong Kong Island measures seven by nine miles. The highest point in all of Hong Kong is Tai Mo Shan, on Lantau Island, at 2,874 feet. Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island is 1,809 feet high.
Hong Kong is in a state of constant change, prompting the comedian’s comment, “I wouldn’t consider living there… at least not till they finish it!” With the demolition of the old Star Ferry Pier, Queen’s Pier and other old buildings, a groundswell of negative public opinion has emerged resulting in many public demonstrations to prevent the loss of Hong Kong’s historic legacy.
