Hong Kong phooey..do some research before you spout such bollocks,,the other Hongs', Jard*nes., Hutches*ns, Mathesons' etc. may have been involved in the transactions that you alluded to..the Swire family were relative latecomers to HK, and in true fashion (replicated elsewhere)saw a good thing and moved in on somebody elses' patch..long after the Royal navy had stopped supporting the opium trade by steaming up river and shelling the **** out of whampoa..