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Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change
Tate's Cairn Highway, Sha Tin District Ma Liu Shui

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香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tate's Cairn Highway
Sha Tin District, Ma Liu Shui
Hong Kong, China
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