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Shortage of raw materials and high prices are biggest problems of Hongkong's
Enamelware Industry
(BY A STAFF REPORTER)
Besides being the second largest industry to textiles in Hongkong, enamelware also has the doubtful distinction of having been hit harder than any other light industry by the American embargo. In spite-of- this, ten factories—all in Kowloon-managed to export over 20 million dollars worth of goods during last year, although two of these concerns have since been obliged to close down.
of the ten, I-Feng is the kong to go in for this sort off with dull glow. Then they bre okiest and largest, enamelworks work, but with the market washed again in solje neutral- In the whole of China, having position as it is, the New China iser, and dipped. Dipping con two main factories and several are planning some experiments! sists
base and Iwo top the enamel coats branches and work in this line if and when ccaltered
from the furnace, dry off the articles, after which they are
shops
available agalu.
in this colony alone, raw material become easily Banks, heated by the waste However, in 1047, a party of skilled engineers from Shang- hai arrived here to sel up in 1048 the New China Enamelware. Success was such
new
rolled down a slide wet with- paint, which colours the rim. From here balobes of strticles
into the deep red heart of
Six of the 20 million dollars worth of goods exported last year came from the New Ching enamelworks, but unless some- this thal, by 1050 the gates to
thing happens rapidly,
ta brand
year's Agures will be only covering
the furnace for three or four factory 120,000
fraction of the
total. 1050 square feet in
minuten. Now the chamokware Tsun Like spindles in a cotton mill. glossy, and if it is to
bo Wan, were thrown open,
furnaces
In enamel
mel works deter-coloured, goes to another see- But the whole industry
size of the factory, been seriously
tion where crippled. Both mine the
compressed air and the canning and the New China have only enamelware,
rubber tubing in 32 Industry which uses the highest six of their twelve furnaces in through
booths forces out the operation. Although this fac-spray
enamel coloured Brade
wiilch through slenells different patterns un to the Stenells, from lovely
has
of in plate, the waste tory's equipment is the
most frem which forms the basis of the enamelware industry, were up to date in Hongkong, being squirted left
to Conning turned which was able to help a little, War
high and dry by Amerien, mixture of British, American article.
Britain and Shanghai wartime or told Chinese pictures, are made
machinery, mechanical but not with black thee, the progress has been so fast. since in the factory. Another baking
1945 that Hongkong is really nishra the process,
Englisht material being too far behind. For instance, the
now
furnaces
Stumbling Blocks
Senrelty and The high
15
price
of raw materials are the rea- sons for the ills of the enamel- Ware
Industry Besides mak- ing the CDA!
produc
the tion
swelling enormous. ranks of the unemployed and coushig Levert block market
Pulverising
of the modern
raw
Largest Furnace used in the New China. First,
The
furnaces
are
re-
Powdered
are
Echablished: 1845
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1051.
Above is the largest furnace in the Colony's enamelling industry, going at full blast.-Picture by Staff Photographer.
Factory Has To
Close Down
The China Moll learny that the Pacifle Enamel Ing Factory in Kowloon is closing down owing to production dimculties and loss of marketa.
It is reported thất 180° workers are affected.
The Shanghai workers, according to the report, are to receive two and a half months' pay and passage back to Shanghai
Unlicensed Sampans
A fine of $120 was impared on Chow Fook. 27, by Mr W. Sprague at the Marine Court this morning for operating four som- pans for hire at the Lalchikok Beach without a llcence..
has become a formidable, com- and this 'silicon carbide' lining which is poured into cold water issued to sampans.
Two
蒂
Daring
Burglaries
Man Sentenced To Three Years
1
On the night of June 1,.
three men equipped Bang of with an electrical grill, bits. hammera and screw drivers, other burglarious tools entered the office of the Bri- anrolleed fish General Electric Co. Ltd. by means of a duplicate key. The
then forced open men two safes in the office with the grill and stole cash in sterling, VS currency and Hongkong les, together with jewellery amounting to $7,413.59.
Twenty-two days later, the same gang broite into the office of Carr Ramsey & Co. one night by the same means and forced open a safe with a grill. This time they stole a total of 026 watches valued at $32,701.34.
Following reports received by the Police, a man named Chan Hol-cho was traced and arrest-
City on July 17 while he was attempting to dispose of two of the watches.
Man And
Young Wife In Dock
Face Serious Charge
A man and his young wife stood in the dock of the Criminal Sessions this morning before the Chlof Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, accused of the possession of a
rounds revolver, and four
0: ammunition. They were Law Kio and Lau Kam-yung and with them was also charged another man, Law Chung.
The Jury comprised six men
and a woman.
Mr A 110sted by Del-Sub- Crown Counsel,
prosecuted,
Insp Chan Wal-man.
Counsel said that the gun and ammunition were found in aration basket which contained clothing, in an unnumbered hut
Hunghom dia
in Valley Roto: May 3 this
trict on the
year. It was the Crown's case hat Law Chung had an interest In the weapon and
with the couple.
hu left it
Law Chung was taken into Law custody in Hunghum and Kin at the Kowloon Godowns.
When the hut was ecarched
the woman was there and stated that the rattan basket belonged to her. It had a lock which was rot fastened.
Insp G. J. Perkins, Police Armourer, lestified that the gun was A 38 Short five-chambered of the Smith and Wesson type. All the working parts were worn und in his opinion it could not be fired. It appeared have
to
been buried for a long time and recently clemed. Four of the chambers were loaded.
HIS THIRD
OFFENCE
Portuguese of.
Having had two previous convictions of a similar nature, Henry Crestejo,
21-year-old 190-Gloucester Road, top floor, was sentenced to six months imprisonment
for stealing a-
this
gold wrist watch worth $60.
morning The defendant pleaded guilty to this charge, but denied Ing a Parker fountain pen and pencil set valued at $40 on February 10 from Kwok Mei- tak at Rediffusion's canteen, and on this count was discharged when the Prosecution offered no evidenca.
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Language Notices
Why we say. Scavenger. 'Barrow boys in medieval times had to pay a toll. It called scavaglam, or WEA showage, and was based on the value of the goods", displayed,
The customs ometrin
charge of the streetstraders- was called A
seavager, bat; as time passed and the toll was lifted he became more. of street orderly, whose Job was to keep the streets clear. With the coming of the police the scavager's job degenerated into one of streets of oleaning the refuse, and so it is today.
Wait For Call-Up
· Employees of business houses who have registered but have not yet have their photographs | taken must not apply for new registration forms, the Registro- tion Department morning.
+
Registered articles and parcel mails close and hour eariler than the ordinary mall times shown below:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 By Air .India, Pakistan, Middie Africa, Great Britain,
Fast: Europe. 3 P... B.O.A.C.
Formosa, 5 p. 11.K. Airways. Japan. Kores. 6 p.m... 3.0.A.C. Siar. Burma. Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zedand. 5 D.M..
P.O.A.S
By Surfac
Macao,.m.; 0 p.m., a tu Men/Tak Bhing.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 By,AIL
Dam, Malaya, Indenesta. 3 p.m.. Via C.P.A.
By Surtice Macao..m.. 3 p.m.. x tu Men/Tolt Shing
Chins, People's Republic, a.m. train via Canton.
0.30
Philippines. Noon, Hermelin.. Malaya, Ceylon, India, Madagas car. Mauritius, East & South Africa. Middle East," Great Britain, E- rape, Noon at Canton.
fndunesta, D p... TJjlwang).
FRIDAY, AUGUST J By Air
Canada. 11.8.A., 8.30 a.m.. Vis C.P.A.L.
Formara. 10 a... C.A.T. Indo-Chins, France, French North & West Afries. Great Britain. 10 s.ni.. Air France.
Star. Burma, India,
Briddle East Africa, European this D...0.A.C. sala
Malaya, Indonesia, Ceylon. pim.. B.O.A.C.
Formosa, p.m.. H.. Aleways. D.N.Borco, Australia. New Zealand. p.m., Q.E.A.
By Surface Macao. 8.m.; 8 p.m., Hu Пepublic, 930
According to the report, the final warning issued by the Department, calling on the Pubile to register, does not op- | Man/Tak- Shiny, ply to this category.
reason
For some
or other. regis- many people who have tered failed to turn up to have their photos, taken when called upon to do so at some speclBed dates. This group must now walt to be called up again, the representative said,
Altogether over
30,000 resi dents of Hongkong have already Inken advantage of the five-day offer
obtain last-minute registration cards."
to
· Both the Kwong Wah Hospital and the Hennessy Rood centros | will be in operation until Friday evening.
INTELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION
126 points in all were cuited-21- points in each gaine The results of the six matchim can onle baTE been:
(4) 18-3
1.00
1.0
thick and unsullable for Hong-
largest furnace in the factory IL kong manufacturers.
is served by two American crlimated We need 2.260 tons is
for Enamel Uself has a basis of fork charges overy
I-Feng month.
alone mechanical
chemicals, gloss needs 800 tons a month to keep feeding the ware-irays. bowls pulverised all 24 furnaces going. They are etc.-Into the furnace. They are sand, clay, mineral, colours and
Insect In the
oll. Some colony. getting between 150 and the only ones
most 260 tens. Consequently thirteen yet this piece of machinery is Colony's
including have had close already obsolete in the States, machinery,
to I-Feng's output But in ordinary times costs in materul batch mixers, enamel down, and
Bre more or less smelters, month is 1,000 cases less
and ball mills lined than running.
parallel with those in America, North Its normal 2.500 enses.
blocks procelain
and for here labour is, cheaper. lauded with procelain grinding balls produce the fine enamel
glass 60 to 70 metre turnace the
a goes through in the New China thepulverising
is
cylinder, where handles large pebbles do their worst, Colony's largest, and wares like bathtubs and wash and the lining to this container
Sub-Inspector Kong Sal-lun begins. Other
stated that the sampans were has to be changed every eight saved on July 27 and 'defendant/ed in a tea-house in Kowloon by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central charged, but they are months, manually all oll burning. Furnaces are
materinis
was arrested westerday when he rackets, it has jeopardized many tricky things, and most factories thoroughly mixed in two rawwent to the Police station to Gf our old markets. Those of.
or two continually umterial batch * have one
mixers, and claim them. Sian, Indonesia and Pakistan under repair. American
three enamel anellers cry out.
the 'defendant's la reply to
WATCHES RECOVERED are tony all but lost to Japan, flectors and firebrick from Bri-ne fritting
to apply process where wish for permission.
Ife then took the Police to his Japan's enamel Industry has
chemicals are for a licence, Mr Sprague sald picked up ninnaingly and she tan are used in the New China, glass, sand and ****Into rinelted
a molten muss that the number of licences address at 68 Nga Ching Long
(d) 1 B at Laichi Road. third floor, Kowloon City, in the
combustion chamber
where the Police found some petitor. She makes a good grade fasts the
18 months to two for breaking up. Twelve ball kokk Beach from
was limited. He of enumelware more cheaply,
the work, and added years before it requires, repair-
mills carry on
watches in a cupboard. A large that it would not be
quantity of watches woR also and 1.filling the demands of the ing. America is searching for anally the enamel is put in fair to take the business away found in u large leather sult- storers for ageing", like new South Sen countries to the ex-still better lining material.
from those who already had case. Just underneath a table, wine Hongkong, clusion.of.
who All the stages... which finally
"One and a half million dollars leences. Hefined defendant was a cardboard box-- which through lack of black sheet, produce
coloured thecally
contained an electrical been sunk Into the New $30 for each sampan,
grill, enamat bowls, trays, ashtrays and China factory end 300 people,
hirts simply
Chau Ka-lung, 23, who compone screw drivers, plugs, bits, enough or at the price competi-another 40 different articles, start of whom half are from Shanghai, mitted the some offenco at the and other tools. tive with Japan,
in the Works. some place, was fined $60 for for making machinery
to no workers operating two boats, Japan, and a little from Canada, ciyes and moulds is actually they belong
union. bul both, and especially Japan's, manufactured out of scrap and
I-Feng workers, however, are is very much inferior to Ameri- Hongkong iron. where formerly
. of en's, and the price almost five Autsralian cast iron was used.
union. times as mucli.
Dires of various shapes and Prices 'before
In 1943 the whole punched from and after
interesting.
their large new are
factory came blackplate is Japanore
now precious black sheet by a pun from Shanghai, but the 000 HK$140 for 100 catties or one ching press, and a heavy draw employees are now mostly Can-passenger junk. A155V, who picul of the 'waste', whereas press casts. them into shape, mess. Closing down so many pleaded guilty to two charges of 37 watches and the money they
subjects the to quantity from America costs, process, and
1a9bour and beading turns under the of some werkers end the has HK$30.
of carrying excess created some dinculties. outside rough edge, making the
who denied that Unabbreviated, the title of this rim. The result is
From
passengers, but all this ormed
It can be under-e had had two previous convic- almost priceless commodity is blaus,
stood that the general outlook and is sent it lo
tions for similar effences, was be for the enamelware industry is tin mill black plate, of which there are three kinds. Reject Camelled. Before the first coat hardly optimistic. Markets once Sprague at the Marine Court this pawn shopa.
"manded 24 hours by Mr W on, however, the binnk
lost are dimcult to regain, and
morning far the Police to plus
vlous convictions.
canhot
manufacture
in
Black sheet now camos from when looking work the are employed
Ing
then
members an enamelware Denies. His
staff for Police Record ·
is the best, as it consists of the which may have been sitting even if vital materials become rejected sheets from the can plled up outside in the rain, has plentiful once again this market ning industry which must use to be fired, which also removes problem will still have top grade material. Waste is any oil left from the beading Fluerd and dealt with. the remains after the can-mak process, and
ing process, boiled down with washed in scrap metal, which is part-tion" which cularly suitable sheet for mak-rust and
the 'blanks', as the enamel-
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ware
is called before being enamelled, "Waste Wasters' are smaller versions of the tame sheet.
America produces one hum- dred millen tong of this weath a year, and whereas our paltry nted of 2000. tens a month is of no loss to her, Hongkong's enamelware industry is mađa to suffer.
The Markets
The Sudon and Czecho- 'slovakia import, wildifficulty, blackt sncet from Esstern Ger many, and they with Japan, produce the same grade enamel- were as Hongkong. This grade Pichlers to the
for highly colecreasing demand]
kiddia
Hoods
Fast. and. For contrics: South Afried is one of the biggest
where
exports
now
and this
market.
Indon Calo
used to be the largest Shut that is Japan's latest Manatch. Very little now gees Yo Singapore and Siam. The
local market is negligible.
Bwedish enamelware is of Eths' highest- And kunnittable," "for" theno
grodo therefore
markots,
that of Britain and ries, which concentratoc
Main enamelware.c *now kit would, hito
10 be
then plekled' or
The essential conditions are: DR acid solu-black sheet in quantity; reduced cleans off theproduction costs; higher quality leaves the blank of Anished articles.
Fok
Man, 30, master
of
J
In
The screw driver found the premises was identical to the
behind in the one left office of British General Electric Co. Ltd.
Further enquiries were made and it was revealed that two felony had left the Colony with other men taking part in the
had stolen.
Altogether 583 watches and a
were more
quantity of jewellery recovered. Later, va watches were found in variou
was
duce evidence to prove his preed, notive
Chan Hok-chol, 36, unemploy-
of Shanghai, Defendant was arrested lae brought before Mr Latimer at
this morning Central
on two night while he was taking 12
counts of office, breaking and young women to the ss Grenoble
committing felony. He.
A buoy A10.
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years.
icture show
enamelware
oto by
In mitigation, defendant sald he was invited to come to Hongkongby a friend who offered him a job. On -crrival. he was offered the chance
to
steal. He said some of the stolen property had been taken away
his two accomplices. by
The stolen articles were or- dered to be returned to the respective owner's,
Chinese Juror
Replaced
After the Jury, had been lempanelled and, had taken, their outh "at", the Criminal Sessions this morning, the, usher noticed that one of the members, a Chinese, had dimculty in speak- ing:English. A
On the evening of July 17, Cheung Bik, a woman residing in a cubicle-at-17- Sampan Street, first floor, reported to the Police that her wrist avatch had been stolen while she was asleep. Acting on information, the Police arrested Crestejo the next day at Blake Pier. admitted having pawned He the watch for $45. Il was re-
covered.
In Court, the defendant said he was
willing to refund the money to redeem the watch.
ARMS
SUPPLY SUSPENDED
A
Montreal, July 31.
her Canada served notice op Atlantle Pact allies today that she was suspending major arms shipments to Europe until the Anglo-American ́rift over commor. rifle Was
The Brooke Claxton, in a statement on the rift, made three points in formally turning over equip ment for a division to Italy,
Defence Minister, Mr
1.-Canada, in switching. from British to United States types, now had enough Ameri- can arms for a a division but had stopped taking the 300 Garand rifle from the Americans.
2-The Government might decide to keep the .303 British- type ille for the time being or adopt some other ride and send the ·Garands to Europe-Reu- ter.
MENUHIN
SELL OUT
A
Tokyo, July 31. Japanese concert fans. on Tuesday broke all box-office records by buying up-13,000 tickets for Yehudi Menuhin's recital four hours after the The usher informed the Court opening
advance of Clork and; as a result, the Chief The world-famous Justice directed that the juror will appear in five recitals stend down and report to the Tokyo's City Hall during the [Registrar'
aniesolinist
pt
The second half of September
reply to ther Menuhin has never appeared Clerks, stated that he would not in Japan yat His popularity ba: able to understand theamong. “Japoness. munie, lovers evidence given in English:
has-been
His Lordship also directed phonogrock due to solely to his |
inter
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Celebrity slon of arins. The new furor was appone. In Japan, since the last Taiso:a Chinbre.
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