Industry Topics

The short report reviews the textiles industry in Hong Kong, with respect to its history, general condition of this industrys, imports of raw cotton, product types and quality and exports. The article introduces Green Island, the manufacturer of Portland cement in Hong Kong, with respect to its history, raw materials and exports. The article presents the Taikoo Sugar Refining Co. Ltd., which was the only sugar refinery in Hong Kong at the time, with respect to its history, factory facilities, product types, and the latest development plans. This article reviews the embroidery industry in Hong Kong, with respect to craftsmanship, the range of workshops from cottage factories to enterprising firms, the use of British fabrics for embroidering, the application of embroidering on different types of clothes, and the future of this industry. The article reviews the cotton spinning industry in Hong Kong. It provides figures of the machinery, output capacity and workers employed.

This short report introduces the emergence of a new product – zip fasteners – to meet the growing needs in other industries. This article introduces the programme offered by the South Sea Textile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for training young boys into textile technicians. This article was the review made by the Director of Commerce and Industry on the development of Hong Kong industry over a century since the 1840s. This article reviews the industrial sites at Kwun Tong. The government devised policies to prevent land speculation while attracting industrial investors into flatted factories and separate premises for individual industrial establishments. This article reviews the changes and developments of Hong Kong in the first decade after the World War II. It reviews the governmental initiatives in administration, public health, education, recreation and the provision of industrial land.

This article reviews the history of the policy of “Certificates of Origin”, its influence on Hong Kong’s industries, and the number of certificates issued by the government, The article reports on the new scheme by the Chinese Manufacturers’ Union (nowadays’ Chinese Manufacturers’ Association) to raise fund for building a new technical college (nowadays’ Hong Kong Polytechnic University), replacing the then technical college on Wood Road. This article reviews the industrial development in Hong Kong in 1955, with respect to the tremendous growth in exports of Hong Kong-made products to the United Kingdom. This article reviews the paint industry as a successful post-war industry. It introduces the current raw materials used, the method of production and the exportation figures of the paint industry. The photo-essay gives an account to the ginger industry, with respect to the history of this preserved food, the materials used and production method and process, and export figures.