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Incense Tree Aquilaria sinensis Incense root incense fruit Incense loading at the port: Groves of incense trees Lined the harbour once At Aberdeen. Joss sticks, agarwood, potions, scents, Thriving commerce Export trade That once was, Gave “Hong Kong” its name: Incense Port, and its fame. Truly fragrant truly harbour, But not the Exoticised “fragrant harbour”: Incense Port its true name. Heung not Hong Gong not Kong; In any case Transliteration into English sounds Of monosyllabic tonal Chinese Is alchemy in reverse Changing all that is gold Into dross, loss and mockery. Poachers come on hacking sprees From China with saws, axes and carts, Depleting our incense trees That did thrive in these parts. Aquilaria sinensis The Chinese Incense Tree Is to-day endangered species. ...

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