Author: Colin Davidson

An architect by profession, with experience in the UK, Europe, Africa, The Middle East and Asia. 22 years in Hong Kong. Now owner of a manufacturing consultancy specializing in the production of building components for companies in Europe and Australasia. Council Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, HK Branch. Convener of RAS Re-Use, a Special Interest Group focused on the adaptive reuse of old buildings.

Tai O Salt Production

Articles, Industrial Districts + Locations

Colin Davidson: Salt production is one of the earliest ‘industrial’ activities recorded in Hong Kong. Records indicate that salt-working probably began here in the third century BC, more than two thousand years ago. Because of the high profits that could be made, the salt industry was controlled as an Imperial Monopoly. The earliest salt fields in the area were probably […]

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