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Three lessons gleaned off the rugged road up Hong Kong’s iconic Lion Rock
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The writer conquered the climb up Lion Rock after an introspective four-hour trek.
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HONG KONG – It’s not Hong Kong’s highest mountain, nor the hardest one to scale. Yet Lion Rock holds a place in the hearts of many Hong Kongers that the city’s range of other peaks can never top.
Hong Kong’s Lion Rock mountain is so iconic that it has – over the past five decades – been a key feature in a popular local drama series, an evergreen Cantonese song, officials’ speeches, government campaigns and even anti-government ones.
