A photo showing the factory of Kin Kwok MFG. CO.

The photo shows the factory of Kin Kwok Lacquer Manufacturing Company which was founded in 1946 on Lau Li Street, Causeway Bay by several partners including Lam Wing Cheung and Yan Kwok Chu. The company had a sales department on Wing Lok Street. In 1947, the general manager and chief technician of the company were Lam Wing Cheung was and Yan Kwok Chu respectively. Kin Kwok Lacquer mainly manufactured car paint, brushing paint, furniture lacquer, thinner, varnish and synthetic enamel. They were marketed under the brands of Lion and Navy with Malay Archipelago, Singapore, the Philippines, Dutch Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China as the major markets. It is noteworthy that like many other paint factory owners, Yan Kwok Chu the chief technician had studied chemical engineering abroad.