Nan Kang Company trading agent
Nan Kang Company Ltd imported luxury American goods such as perfume, cosmetics, silk stockings and nail cutters for department stores in Central.(1)
HK Sunday Herald 29.10.1950
Source:
- Hong Kong Memory Project
This article was first posted on 25th September 2018.
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Nan Kang was founded in 1946 and is perhaps better known for distributing stationery – such as introducing staplers to HK through its distribution of the Bostitch brand of staplers and distribution of Max brand of stationery from Japan and Bic brand of pens and pencils from France, See below link to corporate history for details:
http://www.nankang.com.hk/e/cmspage.asp?content_id=9
Its founder Albert Quon (關康才, 1901-2001) is a prominent Chinese American merchant and info about his life can be found at below links:
https://www.quonquon.com/more-about-albert.html
https://news.usc.edu/137168/the-benefactor-every-usc-business-student-should-know/