Lord Of The Flies, William Golding's classic novel of societal breakdown, is part of the standard high school curriculum in Hong Kong.
But today, everyone in this most genteel of cities is witnessing a real-life lesson in the fragility of what we call civilisation, as the territory descends into tribalism and scenes of obscene violence.
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