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1. The Plaintiffs who are a U.S.A. company are said to be the world's largest commodity brokers. The 1st Defendant is a Hong Kong futures Broker and the 2nd Defendant at one time held 99,999 of the 100,000 issued shares of the 1st Defendant. The stock exchange crash which echoed around the world in October 1987 has led to this action by the Plaintiff claiming nearly US$7.2 million against the 1st Defendant as money due on a futures trading account alternatively damages for breach of contract. I