Floating city' in Aberdeen Harbour. View over Aberdeen Harbour where row upon row of sampans are moored side by side, creating a 'floating city'. An original caption comments that the "people in these craft(s) have no other home. In them they are born, live, marry and die. As fish are always plentiful no one goes hungry and there is no abject poverty here". Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China, 1963. Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of, Eastern Asia, Asia.
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Floating city' in Aberdeen Harbour. View over Aberdeen Harbour where row upon row of sampans are moored side by side, creating a 'floating city'. An original caption comments that the "people in these craft(s) have no other home. In them they are born, live, marry and die. As fish are always plentiful no one goes hungry and there is no abject poverty here". Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China, 1963. Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of, Eastern Asia, Asia.

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Mountain Vessel Boat Sampan Houseboat Harbour Mountain Transport and communication Water Landscape and scenery Marine and coastal Landscape and scenery Cities and towns Domestic life Housing Aberdeen Hong Kong China People's Republic of Eastern Asia Asia

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