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Ji Monastery sits high on a peak of the island of Lantau Hong Kong, a place of peace and serenity where you get a bunk bed and three vegetarian meals (...)
Ji Monastery sits high on a peak of the island of Lantau Hong Kong, a place of peace and serenity where you get a bunk bed and three vegetarian meals (...)

Ji Monastery sits high on a peak of the island of Lantau Hong Kong, a place of peace and serenity where you get a bunk bed and three vegetarian meals (...)

Date4/1/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ji Monastery sits high on a peak of the island of Lantau Hong Kong; a place of peace and serenity where you get a bunk bed and three vegetarian meals a day for $5 to $10; are awakened by the birds and walk in a beautiful garden at dawn. But the serenity may be threatened: businessmen are planning to create luxury resorts and bring Hong Kong's frantic bustle to the island. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117457F
Chinese holiday-makers come to worship and burn joss sticks to the memory of their ancestors at a temple of the Bo Lin Ji monastery on Lantau Island w(...)
Chinese holiday-makers come to worship and burn joss sticks to the memory of their ancestors at a temple of the Bo Lin Ji monastery on Lantau Island w(...)
4/1/1972
A mobile refreshment stand on the island of Lantau, near Hong Kong, bears little resemblance to the canteen trucks that you find around Toronto. [Incomplete]
A mobile refreshment stand on the island of Lantau, near Hong Kong, bears little resemblance to the canteen trucks that you find around Toronto. [Incomplete]
4/7/1972
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Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.
6/9/1982
The ubiquitous junk that you see everywhere around Hong Kong will most likely have been built on Cheung Chau Island in the New Territories. It's the c(...)
The ubiquitous junk that you see everywhere around Hong Kong will most likely have been built on Cheung Chau Island in the New Territories. It's the c(...)
5/29/1982
The waters of Hong Kong are crowded with boats, but you can get away from it all just a short walk from the noise
The waters of Hong Kong are crowded with boats, but you can get away from it all just a short walk from the noise
4/7/1972
Above, humanpower, rather than horsepower, gets King around the streets of Hong Kong, where he has become an instant celebrity
Above, humanpower, rather than horsepower, gets King around the streets of Hong Kong, where he has become an instant celebrity
10/18/1988
Dennison sits this one out. Mayor William Dennison, 67, watches election results from his bed in St. Michael's Hospital, where he underwent prostate s(...)
Dennison sits this one out. Mayor William Dennison, 67, watches election results from his bed in St. Michael's Hospital, where he underwent prostate s(...)
12/4/1972
Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)
Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)
2/8/1963
Moroccan-tyle meals in appropriate surroundings are one of the pleasures of a visit to the North African land where Western styles and local customs a(...)
Moroccan-tyle meals in appropriate surroundings are one of the pleasures of a visit to the North African land where Western styles and local customs a(...)
9/28/1982
King and Queen, Looking through the private sitting room, Bottom Right, is seen the private dining room where the King and Queen may take their meals (...)
King and Queen, Looking through the private sitting room, Bottom Right, is seen the private dining room where the King and Queen may take their meals (...)
5/3/1939
The citadelle looms over its visitors as they climb the fourmile trail up to the mountain peak on which it sits, dominating the skyline with its 140-foot walls and its sheer massive bulk
The citadelle looms over its visitors as they climb the fourmile trail up to the mountain peak on which it sits, dominating the skyline with its 140-foot walls and its sheer massive bulk
9/12/1970
Here are three of the historic inns in Britain that offer rooms and meals to travellers who want to pamper themselves in historic surroundings. [Incomplete]
Here are three of the historic inns in Britain that offer rooms and meals to travellers who want to pamper themselves in historic surroundings. [Incomplete]
4/25/1983