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"Hong Kong no paiso barkati (wealth generated in Hong Kong is auspicious),” observes octogenarian Ruby Master, among the oldest Zoroastrian residents of the island city who being the first lady trustee of the Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton and Macau has witnessed the trajectory of this august institution from within and without. An association, whose name is synonymous with wealth and welfare, its charities have become legendary. The money acquired by the members in nearly two centuries from businesses as varied as trade in tea, silk, cotton, spices, sandalwood and opium, banking, insurance, transportation, hotels, and investment in shares,......