Old Crafts, New Techniques, in Hong Kong Industry
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HONG
ARIES
A RECENT but lusty addition to Hong Kong's steadily expanding family of industries is the manufacture of carpets, which are finding a ready overseas sale, particularly in the United States of America. The carpets of Peking and Tientsin have long been famous. Those now being manufactured in Hong Kong follow not only the traditional North China styles but incorporate contemporary designs or can be produced to the requirements of the individual buyer. The picture shows girls touching up a carpet in the final stages of manufacture.