The Substricture,
In Hong Kong's free enterprise system there is room for everyone with a product to sell or a talent to employ. Aside from the major manufacturing industries which produce more than 70 per cent of domestic exports, there are countless other concerns ! which turn out a wide variety of goods. Many of these undertakings involve the use of age-old crafts like tinkering, glas blowing or woodcarving. Others cater local tastes in food or international tastes in sailing boats, while still more require the skill and deftness of hand to make of assemble such things as umbrellas, fishing rods or bicycles with an efficiency that will ensure a good and steady market. Over the years these industries have provided a firm substructure to Hong Kong's manufactur ing world, catering to both domestic and foreign markets. Quality is high, many of [ the goods are unique, and the ambitious small businessman works in the knowledge that the small business can-and often does become big business. The craft in- dustries, many of them one-man or family operated, are a special attraction to tourists and contribute to the near-$3,000 million a year which the tourist industry earns inc foreign currency.
Freshly-baked cakes (previous page) at one of the many local bakeries. Millions of brellas like the one above are exported each year; a pewter horse is given a final polish; and the ticklish business of assembling feather dusters.