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Beach, Golf sights in China

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    Discovery Bay

    Lying on the northeastern coast of Lantau, what locals have dubbed 'DB' is very much a world of its own (with not a little similarity to the cult '60s TV series The Prisoner). A dormitory community for professionals who commute to Central, Discovery Bay (Yue Ging Wan in Cantonese) has a fine stretch of sandy beach ringed by high-rises and more luxurious condominiums clinging to the headland to the north – but there is no pressing need to visit except to ogle at residents in their converted golf carts, which cost $200,000 a pop.

    There is a handful of decent restaurants in Discovery Bay Plaza, just up from the ferry pier and the central plaza, and the 27-hole Discovery…

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