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Wednesday, January 1, 1975
O.B.E. (Officer Order of the British Empire).
Mr. Woo Hsiao-tsing
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Mr. Woo is the Managing Director of Atlas Electronics Corporation
Limited, the largest manufacturer of transistor radios in Hong Kong and
:
one of the largest in the world.
He came to Hong Kong from Shanghai in 1949 and opened a small
radio workshop in Kowloon with assets of less than $10,000. In 1958, Mr. Woo
began assembling transistor radios from imported components and now he
has 13 separate plants employing over 4,000 workers and producing
over 400,000 transistor radios each month..
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Mr. Woo's exemplary enterprise and competence have characterised
the industrial development in Hong Kong over the past two docados and
have brought considerable benefits to the economy and the community--
He was appointed to the Trade and Industry Advisory Board
in 1972. He actively supports several charitable organisations.
1.S.0. (Imperial