Among the many pearl farming areas, Tiger Wat deserves special mention. It is one of the few places in Hong Kong where people still farm pearls in the past 20 years. In the past, the pastors of the Anglican Church wanted to help the fishermen in Tai Po District through aquaculture. However, the marine fish farming technology was not yet mature at that time; at the same time, many of the fishermen had worked in other pearl farms and had experience in pearl farming. Therefore, the church applied to farm pearls in Tiger Wat and used it as an aquaculture farm for cultivating marine fish. Although it has not been in operation for a long time, they are the only pearl farm with a record of paying taxes and making profits.
Later, in 2000, Mr. Ye Dingmin bought fish farms in Laohuhu and invested heavily in pearl farming, which yielded a good harvest. Unfortunately, due to poor water quality, a large number of pearl oysters died, and the operation had to end in 2006.
From the prominent Jia family, to the Anglican Church, and even Yip Ting Man in the 2000s, their original intentions in cultivating pearls were, more or less, to develop a sustainable economic industry and help fishermen, which is exactly the same as our concept of cultivating Hong Kong pearls.
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