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Continuing our journey to the east, head to the waterfront again at the nearby Causeway Bay area to find the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter where boats of all sizes once found respite from Hong Kong's periodic stormy weather. Sure as clockwork, the booming Noonday Gun is fired by a Jardine Matheson employee here at noon each day as well as on New Year's Eve. |
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This is a beloved company tradition that first began in the 1860's to greet important businessmen. In Noel Coward's classic 1930's song titled "Mag Dogs and Englishmen", the composer accurately describes that "In Hong Kong, they strike a gong, and fire off a noonday gun." |
