Hong Kong - BYU FBE - June '07

Hong Kong has ranked #1 on the Heritage Foundation's index of economic freedom. For that reason, it has also been high on my list of places to visit. We toured a toy factory just back accross the border inside China. It was an interesting view of the kind of work-shop you might imagine when you think of China's low-skill, low-cost labor. We also toured the Swire Coca Cola plant, the worlds tallest production facility - cost of land is high. Delivery trucks are lifted on a huge elevator to one of the top floors and unloaded there. As each stage of production is complete, product moves down to the next stage until finished goods are loaded onto delivery trucks at the ground level for distribution.

Hong Kong was a beautiful city. Our first night we rode a cable car to the top of Victoria Peak and took in the view from there as the city was lit by its nightly light/laser show. We were there on the 5th of June, our 9th anniversary, and took a little time to visit the Hong Kong temple with a few others from our tour. How can we top that for our 10th? It was steaming hot there all the time. A beautifil place I will look forward to seeing again some day.