Aberdeen is an old old town in the southern district of Hong Kong and was reputed for its fishing trade. These days the fishing industry remains significant -- a third of Hong Kong's seafood supply is said to come through Aberdeen -- although few of the fishing families live on their boats now.
In daytime and on weekdays, it seems that Aberdeen is a town of old people. Nearly everyone you see strolling about in the town square is a sexagenarian, if not a sept- or an octo-. The town comes alive only in the afternoons when the children are let out of school, in the early evening as office workers get home and the char chan tengs and roast shops do a roaring trade in dinner, and on the weekends.
The promenade beside the harbour is especially attractive. There's usually a cool breeze blowing even in summer, and the sight of sampans, kaitos, trawlers, pleasure boats and other watercraft is soothing to anyone sick of office blocks and cramped cubicles. Just don't fall into the water.
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