Stubrics, R. 1963 Asian Trip 228 Hong Kong Feb. 12 Stayed in the Park Hotel Kowloon, a city built on a peninsula. To the N liep the New Territories and Communist China; to the S across a narrow strait (2) 1/2 mi wide lies Hong Kong Island. My hotel window looked out over the channel and island. About 1 a.m. I looked out and the streets were wet. What looked like snow was falling just my window but I learned the next day from my tour guide that he had not seen snow in Hong Kong during his life twice (since 35 yrs). Went with a Mr. & Mrs. James Hall (retired shoe merchant) on a tour of the New Territories. The driver was an affable young Chinese who spoke good English. He made many stops so we could take photographs. Highlights of the trip were as follows: The refugee area N of Kowloon where tousands of people live in block-like buildings 8-10 stories high. Very colorful with many clothes out to dry and people crowded in the market place. Small girls carrying babies on their backs. The floating families in their small boats. The rice fields & vegetable gardens. People watering the gardens with geared sprinklers suspended from a shoulder carried