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30 Hong Kong at the Crossroads The city has become. adjunct to its airport. The airport has become a mere coach station for families strung out across oceans and continents. “The family at home” used to refer to one place at a time. It will now be redefined. Towards University Station To the left a painted scene, almost like a Scottish loch at dusk, blue grey blue silver, monochrome. To the right thick-set banana groves, intense luxuriance, close enough to hold the secret of Jalil Ibrahim’s body, murdered for opposing new loans for CARRIAN. Then the towers of the university begin to rise hugging the hills. A big loop round the headland, and the train stops here. The Carrian Group is at the heart of a long drawn-out complex financial fraud case. ...

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