Elizabeth Ride sent this brief mention of Leather Works No.1 in Hong Kong in a BAAG Report from September 1944 during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in World War Two. There is very little to go on and I don’t think I have come across any leather works here before. Can anyone offer further information about this or any […]
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“Only one person has ever been given a jail sentence – and that was suspended – since incarceration was included in the industrial safety law in 1989, even though hundreds of workers have been killed while transforming Hong Kong into a modern city. The confirmation by the Labour Department prompted calls from labour activists for Hong Kong to learn from […]
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In 1970 HK had about 1,100 toy factories employing about 40,000 people. And two years later it replaced Japan as the world’s largest exporter of toys. Currently Hong Kong manages the production of 60 to 70 per cent of toys globally, with factories based in mainland China. “Star Wars figurines, rubber ducks and Thomas the Tank Engine trains may come […]
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M+ is the new museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, as part of the West Kowloon Cultural District, focusing on 20th and 21st century art, design and architecture and moving image. It currently has an exhibition, Shifting Objectives: Design from the M+ Collection which will run until 5th February 2017 which includes a small section on industrial products made in […]
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James Hayes became a cadet officer Class II in the Hong Kong civil service in 1956. He was District Officer, South from 1957 to 1960 and Islands from 1961-1962. He then worked in a wide variety of government departments, his final post being Regional Secretary, New Territories, 1985 to 1987. James is also a scholar and author. He has written […]
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