A considerable amount of people in Hong Kong showed their anxiety toward the future after the Handover of Hong Kong in 1997, thus begin the wave of immigration for years. ‘Pearl of Orient’ was composed with the above background. The songwriter Luo Tayou intends to mix the musical feature of east and west, portraying the mix-cultural character of Hong Kong, using the pentatonic scale in the verse, and arpeggio in chorus, which represents the western music composition. The version was adapted to concert band by Japanese composer Shimoda Kazuki.