Since 1991, film making and tourism have revived Port Douglas, a quaint former sugar and gold town, from near-death.

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This is Uganda's industrial town, also known for its sugar production.

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In much the same way that Hershey's combination of capitalism and idealism had led him in 1903 to found the model town of Hershey for his workers, he in 1916 built another perfect town in Cuba, where he had gone into the sugar business.

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