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Researcher finds hi-tech way to revive Hong Kong’s 'Pearl of the Orient' heritage | South China Morning Post

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Hong Kong has long been known as the “Pearl of the Orient” and until the late 17th century enjoyed a thousand-year-old reputation for wild pearl harvesting.

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