Author: York Lo

York Lo: Francis Hung of Loyal Garment and Jonny Hung of Casella Far East Hong Kong in the 1980s was full of opportunities with the opening of China and the booming local consumer market and two brothers achieved tremendous success separately in two different fields during the decade – Francis Hung in garments through his Loyal Garment group which had […]

York Lo: Chinese Type Foundries – Universal, Wing Shing, Kin Kwok, Tak Hing and Others The 1950s to the 1980s was the golden age of Chinese newspapers and periodicals in Hong Kong and abroad and at its peak in the 1970s there were over 70 Chinese newspapers in HK alone. During this time and before the rise of offset and […]

York Lo: International Restaurant & Nightclub Holdings (國際酒樓夜總會置業 Earlier in the group, we have covered Ruby and Oceania Hawaii, two publicly listed restaurant groups from the 1970s and 1980s which had since faded into history. Another major listed restaurant group from the same era was International Restaurant & Nightclub Holdings (hereafter referred to as “IRN Holdings” to differentiate it from […]