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Soal essay

The Legend of Hongkong City

A long time ago, there was a village near Arberdeen called “Hong
Kong Ts’un” or “Incense Harbour Village”. The incense grown there

was famous throughout China. Some of it was even sent to the
Chinese Emperor. Some people believe that the name Hong Kong

comes from this village.
One day, the Emperor wanted some incense sent to him from the
village. The villagers did not send it to him. The Emperor then

ordered his officer to arrest the village headmen and cut off their
heads. After that, everyone ran away from the village and no more

incense was grown there.
But some other people believe that Hong Kong is named after a

container for burning incense. Long, long ago, this container was
picked up in the harbor. It was kept in a tample at Causeway Bay.

The place where it was found was called “Hong Kong” or “Incense
Harbour”
There is a third story that Hong Kong is named after a woman called

Hong ku. She was the wife of a pirate chief. After her husband died,
she became the leader of the pirates. She then moved to the island

which is now called Hong Kong. If this story is true, the name “Hong
kong” means “Hong’s Harbour”.

According to yet another story, Hong Kong is named after a stream
near Pokfulan Road. The water was very pleasant to drink. Many

years ago, people used to go there to collect drinking water. The
stream was called “Hong Kong” or “sweet stream”.

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