APPENDIX I
List of Hong Kong companies interviewed in the preparation of this report
MANUFACTURERS
1.
2.
Smart Shirts Ltd, 55 King Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
Employees:
Turnover:
Main products: Materials:
Main markets:
2,700
HK$244 million (1979)
Men's and women's shirts Poplin
USA, Europe (British Home Stores, Littlewoods, C&A)
Knitfab Fashions Ltd, 9/F Han Hing Mansion, 38-40 Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Employees:
Turnover:
Main products:
Materials:
Main markets:
3.
Employees:
Turnover:
2,000
over HK$100 million
Men's shirts, blouses, women's dresses, skirts, jeans and swimwear
Cheap value cotton (CVC), polyester, rayon, nylon, viscose for tops, denim, twill, calico, corduroy and velourtine for bottoms, Simplex (stretch nylon) and Lycra for swimwear USA and Canada
Yangtzekiang Garment Mfg Co Ltd, 22 Tai Yan Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon
Main products:
Materials:
Main markets:
4.
5.
6,500 (2,500 in Hong Kong)
HK$300 million (manufacturing operations)
Suits, jackets, shirts, knitwear, pyjamas, jeans, slacks and shorts Denim, corduroy, cotton, polyester/cotton, worsted (2 ply) UK (Littlewoods)
Wearbest Garment Manufacturing Co Ltd, 1/Fl Wearbest Building, 66 Tokwawan Road, Kowloon Employees:
Turnover:
Main products:
2,000
US$20m
Jeans, jeans/jackets, blazers, skirts, shirts
Denim, twill, sateen, canvas, corduroy
Materials:
Main markets:
USA
Jan Sin Mee Garments Mfg Co Ltd, 2 Ng Fong Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon
Employees:
Turnover:
Main products: Materials:
Main markets:
6.
6,500
HK$363m
Jeans, shirts, blouses, jackets, dresses, skirts, pyjamas, knitwear Cotton, poplin, gingham, denim, terylene/cotton mixtures, woollen fabrics EC (Littlewoods, BHS, Tesco, mail order), USA, Canada, Australia
Shifon (Eddie Lau Co Ltd), 1/Fl 16 Granville Road, Kowloon
7.
8.
22
Employees:
26
Turnover:
HK$1.5m
Main products:
Materials:
Main markets:
Classic ladies garments for haute couture market Silk
UK (Harrods, Liberty, Selfridges), Switzerland
Easey Garment Factory Ltd, 20 Cheung Wah Street, Kowloon
Employees:
Turnover:
Main products:
Materials:
Main markets:
HK$140m (excluding UK)
Casual jackets, trousers, shirts, skirts
Denim, corduroy, velvet, canvas, seersuckers
Europe (Hepworths, GUS Group), Singapore, Japan, Canada, USA
Manhattan Garments Ltd, Manhattan Bldg, 2-16 Kwai Cheong Road, N.T., Kowloon
Employees:
Turnover:
Main products:
Materials:
Main markets:
1,000
Jeans and related clothing
Cotton, denim, twill
US, UK (BHS), W Germany