"Hong Kong is where the concept of off-shore banking began. Lead by HSBC – which was founded by the British opium smuggler William Jardine – this shady secretive banking hub is the nexus for the washing of Golden Triangle heroin proceeds. The British old money families that control HSBC – and with it virtually the entire economy of Hong Kong – have names like Jardine, Matheson, Swire, Inchcape and Hutchinson. The Jardine Matheson conglomerate owns the seedy Hong Kong Jockey Club, while the Swire’s control Cathay Pacific – Hong Kong’s airline. The Inchcape’s Peninsular & Orient Steamship Navigation Company – now P&O Ned Lloyd – owns more ports than any company in the world. They are sophisticated drug smugglers. Nowhere are public service announcements condemning drug use more prevalent than in Hong Kong. They are also brutal, despite their white-glove appearances. Anyone who gets close to the truth of what really goes on here is simply snuffed out. There are more churches, Masonic Lodges and organizations beginning with the word “Saint” in Hong Kong than in anyplace I’ve been. These institutions are either a damn good cover for the corruption that has occurred here since its British Hong inception following the British/Chinese opium wars of the 1800’s, or are necessary as places of repentance for the many sins of this long-time colonial outpost."
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