Manufacturing – Page 65 – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group

Toy Museum in Hong Kong + 1972 World’s largest exporter of Toys

December 21, 2013 Hugh Farmer Articles, Manufacturing

Hugh Farmer writes, The SCMP of 10 Dec 2013, has an article “Museum plans an old school revival” which mentions a plan by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the Hong Kong Toys Council to set up a permanent museum dedicated to toys produced here. Sounds like an excellent idea given the importance of the toy industry in Hong Kong […]

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Manufacturing in HK 1876 and 1881 – a comparison of numbers of workers

November 3, 2013 Hugh Farmer Articles, Manufacturing

Hugh Farmer writes, in Newsletter Seven I mentioned Chinese manufacturing enterprises in the 1870s. These included two for preserving ginger and other processed food including soy sauce and preserved fruit, several machine-makers, a tannery, a paper factory and a manufacturer of matches, workshops for producing cigars, tobacco, clothing, glass, oars, rifles, ropes, umbrellas, spectacles, tooth-powder and soap, as well as […]