With the quieter atmosphere that has resulted, Hong Kong's businessmen have rediscovered the joy of making deals over dumplings.

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Their daughters' school is next door, and the area brims with businesses like a nearby street vendor who sells handmade noodles and wrappers for making pork-and-chive dumplings.

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