Tin Hing Sin, Sam

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Studying abroad as arranged by his parents: ‘We never ask why sent us abroad?’
In 1969, Tin Ka Pin agreed to have Sam Tin and two other children study abroad at younger ages. At the beginning his children could not cope with the alien environment as they were not independent enough. They often corresponded to their family in Hong Kong.



Title Studying abroad as arranged by his parents: ‘We never ask why sent us abroad?’
Date 16/11/2010
Subject industry
Duration 50s
Language Cantonese
Material Type Audio
Collection Oral History Archives
Repository Hong Kong Memory Project
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Accession No. LKF-THS-HLT-001
Joining his family enterprise: ‘I did not start from the bottom.’
Sam Tin already held a management post similar to Assistant Manager when first joining the Tin's Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. He rotated from department to department and learned from various department heads



Title Joining his family enterprise: ‘I did not start from the bottom.’
Date 16/11/2010
Subject Industry
Duration 1m3s
Language Cantonese
Material Type Audio
Collection Oral History Archives
Repository Hong Kong Memory Project
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Accession No. LKF-THS-HLT-002
Managing his business in terms of technology initially: ‘I have spent more than 10 years on plan...
When first joining Tin's Chemical Industrial Co., Sam Tin devoted himself in the technical area and had lesser participation in the managerial and financial areas. The second generation of Tin’s was faced with more new situations, e.g. lack of labour, new opportunities presented by the mainland and transformation of the family’s business. Sam Tin gradually took more consideration on the overall strategy of Tin’s and paid more attention to market trends, product design, etc.



Title Managing his business in terms of technology initially: ‘I have spent more than 10 years on plant improvement.’
Date 16/11/2010
Subject Industry
Duration 1m28s
Language Cantonese
Material Type Audio
Collection Oral History Archives
Repository Hong Kong Memory Project
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Accession No. LKF-THS-HLT-003
Concept of maintaining a business: ‘Actually you need to tidy up those things.’
When Sam Tin first joined Tin's Chemical Industrial Co., Tin’s was still in the establishment stage. He had much room to improve its production as well as management technique. 



Title Concept of maintaining a business: ‘Actually you need to tidy up those things.’
Date 16/11/2010
Subject industry
Duration 1m8s
Language Cantonese
Material Type Audio
Collection Oral History Archives
Repository Hong Kong Memory Project
Note to Copyright Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project
Accession No. LKF-THS-HLT-004
It’s a long way to inherit a business: ‘It's not until the 1980s have I got a bit more clear-he...
Sam Tin lamented over the long period of time it took him to understand the field in deep. Only 10 years after he had taken part in the management that the company was on the right track.



Title It’s a long way to inherit a business: ‘It's not until the 1980s have I got a bit more clear-headed.’
Date 16/11/2010
Subject Industry
Duration 1m
Language Cantonese
Material Type Audio
Collection Oral History Archives
Repository Hong Kong Memory Project
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Accession No. LKF-THS-HLT-005
Prolonging company tradition of emphasizing human sympathy
Retrospecting to his 35 years’ career, Sam Tin took the biggest success to be the inheritance of the very essence of Tin’s Chemical Co. Ltd. without having to deliberately working on it, and thus maintaining Tin’s brand and the sound relationship with competitors. Tin’s was the Shao Lin Temple of the trade, producing a great number of talented professionals.



Title Prolonging company tradition of emphasizing human sympathy
Date 16/11/2010
Subject Industry
Duration 1m12s
Language Cantonese
Material Type Audio
Collection Oral History Archives
Repository Hong Kong Memory Project
Note to Copyright Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project
Accession No. LKF-THS-HLT-006
Leaving manufacturing field
Tin’s Chemical Co. Ltd had to face competitors in the mainland who were not really well regulated. At first Sam Tin only managed to maintain its businesses with caution, and soon realized that the market was beyond its reach. After a few years of struggles, finally Tin’s was transferred to another party.



Title Leaving manufacturing field
Date 16/11/2010
Subject Industry
Duration 1m32s
Language Cantonese
Material Type Audio
Collection Oral History Archives
Repository Hong Kong Memory Project
Note to Copyright Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project
Accession No. LKF-THS-HLT-007