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Megaprojects are forcing out some of Hong Kong’s most precious residents
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Pink and imperilled
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Dolphins
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How to improve the health of the ocean
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Pink and imperilled
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HONG KONG
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Not entirely in the pink
Not entirely in the pink
“THE dolphin is clever, cute, kind, active and inoffensive. Exactly the character of Hong Kong.” So said a local member of a committee appointed by China to oversee the end of British rule over Hong Kong in 1997. The body had decided that the pink dolphin, a rare type sometimes seen cavorting in the territory’s harbour, would be a mascot of the handover festivities. Since then, however, the animal’s fate has not been an encouraging ...
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