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About 90 percent of what's out there in cyberspace is hearsay - or lies - and opinion, often misinformed opinion, and it's all repeated over and over again.

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David Tang
Age: 63 †
Born: 1954
Born: August 2
Died: 2017
Died: August 29
Businessman
Businessperson
Socialite
Hong Kong SAR
China
Sir David Wing-cheung Tang
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