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Pearl Buttons A Thriving Hong Kong Industry
The article presents the pearl button as a thriving industry. It introduces the various types of raw materials used for making pearl buttons, the making processes, the machines used and the selling prices.
Date 1955-05 Industry Garment Material Type Print Collection Post-war Industries Source Commerce and Industry Department,"Pearl Buttons A Thriving Hong Kong Industry", Trade Bulletin, Hong Kong: Commerce and Industry Department (May 1955), pp.9-13. Repository Public Records Office of Hong Kong Note to Copyright Permission for use is given by Public Records Office of Hong Kong Accession No. TB-1955-10 
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