UAE NEW PROJECT SET TO BRING LUSTRE BACK TO PEARL TRADE
The EmiratesAugust 7, 2006
UAE NEW PROJECT SET TO BRING LUSTRE BACK TO PEARL TRADE
from THE EMIRATES, August 07, 2006 Pearl cultivation, once the primary industry in the Emirates, is sought to be revived by the RAK-based UAE national Al Suwaidi family and the Imura family from Mie Prefecture, Japan. "We don't consider it only as a money generating project but an attempt to revive this important industry that contributed greatly in shaping the cultural, social and economic heritage of this part of the world since time immemorial,'' Abdullah Rashid Al Suwaidi, CEO of the Emirates and Japan Pearl Cultivation and Trading Company (EJPCTC), told Khaleej Times..................