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That's the slogan that
AT the helm of the biggest enamel industry
in China and Hongkong, John Tung steered a safe course enabling it to ride out the storms of the Second World War and a crucial business battle.
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滬光珠寶公司
JEWELLERY CO.
MAN YEE BLDG., 71 QUEEN'S RD. C. HONG KONG
TEL: 21750 23751 28727
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WHOLESALER RETAILER DESIGNER
HONG KONG'S BEST STORE FOR
DIAMONDS JADES REAL & CULTURED PEARLS & PRECIOUS STONES
This, in no small measure, reflects the helmsman's initiative, foresight, and couroge which has marking his journey in life up to now.
kept
After all the skirmishes aud struggles, he still looks fighting
t at the age of 47.
In a way, he was born with a
silver spoon in his mouth but
he did not feed on it for long.
By
David
Expansion Lan
In 1921, when John was only
seven. his father started the I-
has won Mr Tung his world wide market
are made from alpha to omega- from the inner glass-bottle, rub- ber, paint, plastic parts to stop- pers and spares-all on factory premises.
the
One Japanese enamelware factory representative came over to Hongkong and saw I-Feng in operation. On his return home,
Nis mind he changed
about manufacturing After
enamelware similar to that produced in Hong- kong.
the loss of Shanghai
Feng Enamelling Company in factories in 1948, Mr Tung came Shanghai-then a budding in- down in 1949 to take charge of dustry in Chins.
I-Feng and Freezinhot interests
Boom year
Three years later, the Chinese in Hongkong. launched 1 boycott against Japanese products, I-Feng ex- panded phenomenally from two furnaces to 14. By 1937, it was able to establish a branch in Hongkong.
in
In the same year, a branch of J-Fong came into existence Throughout his years with the Manila where Mr Tung's bro- University of Shanghai, Mr Tun ther, Mr C. Y. Tung, was placed did part time study (Business in charge. Administration) and part time
enamel The boogo year for in work (in his father's firm
in 1956 charge of chinaware depart manufacturing ment). He left college in 1936. when on the spur of the tre- Bir Tung's But the enamel industry was mendous success of
many small firms
caine
I-Feng is now turning out over $1,000,000 worth of enamelware a month while Freezinhot, more than $800,000 worth of thermos bottles a month-some 9,000 Basks a day!
TITANS
FROM
THE
NORTH
The market is worldwide. Including Central Africa, West Africa, Central and South America, the West Indies. Australia, Thailand, Malaya. Singapore, the Middle East and many other countries.
What with by-passing tariff restrictions, and catering for the so close to vacuum flask manu- enterprise, facturing that in 1938 he set up mushroomed in Hongkong mak- ready market, Mr Tung, in con- the Freezinhot Bottle Co, Ltd. ing shoddy goods at cut-throat junction with native
with an eye on quick has set up a subsidiary company (Gold Coin brand vacuum tasks) prices
(thermos bottles) in Bangkok. There were then 92 furnaces Another joint enterprise with
by 33 factories. Of operated
native financiers will spring up these I-Feng owned 18 furnaces in Nigeria, West Africa, for the and fitting them with better
Following the boom came the
aftermath manufacture crash-an inevitable
in Shanghal to carve out a fu- ture for himself.
His slogan, "Beautiful on the outside and hot on the inside," won him the market in China and overseas.
profit.
investors,
(Part 8)
of enamelware lining.
On the side
By 1940, Freezinhot establish- of production gluts. And I-Feng sometime this year. ed a branch in Hongkong. in had to close down seven furn- 1946, Mr Tung had to set up aces to steady the market. Tien-Yi, a paint factory cater for his own flask plants.
POSITIVELY FINER
to The business battle left many
casualties in its wake. With the
fly-by-night factories washed As if he is not busy enough,
He shunned the catastrophiz effect of the Korean War em Largo by stockpiling in advance Mack plates which kept his fac tories, humming virtually non-
period. stop throughout the
Mr John Tung
His principles of success? out, the industry once more Mr Tung runs on the side, a Ever-improving quality, aware- stabilised itself. Mr Tung's en- firebrick works, a marble plant ness of progress abroad, mass- terprises came through unscath- and a trading company.
"Hopes for a steady market, on land and labour and called His total assets are estimated up-to-date equipment, elimina in the backward countries for more consideration. at about $20,000,000.
tion of waste in raw material,
also run low when their. oOWN Energetic, Mr Tung is up at watchful eye on markets and industries spring up."
ed.
Competition
production,
IOW
profit margin,
"Land is too expensive
8 era dally. From his home in efficient administration.
Mr Tung hit out at the big nowadays. As the produc Prince Edward-road, he nips Parting his hair in the middle, gest headache for local indus- tivities of different industries With a view to improving down to the Freezinhot plunt Mr Tung wears light brown
trialists--the tidal waves of vary, they have different quality and variety, Mr Tung's and stays for two hours (9 am- horn-rimmed glasses, dark blue surplus capital and blind invest- ability to pay land rents or factory turned out Heatex a 11 am).
sults, black shoes and stockings. ment in the form of fly-by-night range of heat and chemical-re-
The stocky entrepreneur takes firms that mushroomed when sisting glass which also goes into his Kowloon head office. a cautious view on the outlook ever and wherever they spotted
or the manufacture of his own taking part in the activities of of the industry, product-wide-mouthed thermos the Chinese Manufacturers'
utiles for lee Tung an edge Association of which he is a vice OvercautiousHe cited the garment, slove, a month of thousands of dollars
bottles ice.
From 11 am to 12 am, he is in
president.
over Japanese competition.
By 12 noon, he goes to his Competition-wise, Mr Tung's products have completely taken trading company or does
tho
'wages."
"A garment factory on such a some profitable industry as is lot would have a turnover of typical of any free economy. hundreds plastic flowers and his own pay a land rent of, say, $5,000 enamelware industries
as vic per month.
"I can't paint a rosy picture tims of such blind-bat investors. over the markets In Hongkong rounds of factorles in Tsun for the future of this industry. and West Africa from Japan in an.. the post-war years.
Such
zinhat products that their Ining Conferences
is said to be extra impervious.
to changes in temperature and pressure and they "don't crack on storing ice."
bottles Frocainhot among the few Industrial pro ducts which the locals prefer
to Imported ones,
Bro
All on
the
premises
I shall be satisfied, if it keeps Government
Government Better pay
steady.
You wouldn't
me
blame for being overcautious if you
knew that products like
criticised
aro
"But n gings factory (which usually requires a much larger space) on the same lot would have a turnover of $30,000 D l-afford to pay the same month only and could therefore
rontal. NIEL
In the afternoon, he may tour enamelware and thermos "Overnight, factories other factorles or take up social bottles primarily cater for established by the hundreds in
the backward 'countries. engagements.
a trade line. To survive, the old. He holds meetings with đơ- partment heads in I-Feng on
"Where industries are ad Arms cut prices each time a new Wednesdays and does the same vanced, people use hot run- rm appears, to the loss of both Labour restrictions, primarily the old and new establishments. aiming at the textile industry, in Excozinhot on Fridays, dis- ning water, electric percola Then the big crush and washout are taking workers away in the cussing all facets of the busi- torn al water heaters in leaving in the wake a bad name better pay for less hours, leaving textlie Industry where, they get preparing tea and coffee, for the Colony "-
ness.
He finds such conferences of Hence no need for vacuum In the case of enamelware her industries. Without much
a chence he unid. great help to his factory ad- Aneks. ::.
there were not less than 33 In spite of all the difficulties, ministration
"And enamelware la fust But now there are only 16 of determination for survival and factories at the peak of 1956. Mr Tung still looks ahead with Cidvalrous, cold-headed,, far-
much stoadler progress which, of course, will u, mrket veteran Industrialist nun depend on this resulte
And Mr. Tung has built his sighted aml enterprising, he being replaced by similar them, with industry bite Far East's biggest outsold his competitors in olden articles mode of aluminium, market. self-contained Vertical combine China by spraying his flasks' plastics, and other of its kind. His thermos bottles with beautiful chamel coatings stitutes.
criticised Government policies in the past.
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