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THE WERD'S TURNELLING LECTRIC, SHAYER

Seen from the air, the South Sea Textile Manufacturing Co.

He clothes

millions of people

THE

NHE forward-looking man who has made fortunes many times over

clothing millions of people, likes to escape into the fold of nature for "plenty of sunshine and fresh air."

The other day he was caught in a white sports shirt and grey slacks shortly before a sea jaunt from Victoria Harbour to Deep Water Bay aboard his cabin cruiser.

However, entrepreneurs from 4% of American loomage, In Shanghat like Mr Tang ran the risk with their eyes wide-open und garbled with their invest-

Tall, suave ond sun- tanned, Hongkong's textile leader, Mr P. Y. Tang, takes a dip at the beach almost everyday even in early win-mut ter--and this at the age of 63!

Looking robust, agile and still in the prime of his life, the

Industrialist believes in keeping At for his expanding enterprise

--the

Sen sprawling South Textile Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Nestled in a slope at the foot of 3,000-foot Tai Mo Shan, where the tallest hill meets the bluest sca in Hongkong. the 18-acre industrial complex is virtually a self-contained town where some 1,850 people live, work and play.

Tunnel

Under n nine-acre span of sweeping roof along the water-

"I came down with 300 techni- clans and skilled workers by eir and sea in order to

star! the industry," said Mr Tang. “Under the circumstances then obtain-

ing, nobody believed Hongkong could spin yarn successfully"

The road to success. however, was paved with hard endeavour The unexpectedly fast and fan- bestir development of South Sea Mills in the post-war decade paralleled Hongkong's industrial revolution.

"In the last three years, Hongkong's total spindleage has doubled from 300,000 to 600,000 and the textile industry has be- come the pillar of Hongkong's

economy,

employing 108,000 workers, or almost half cf Hong- kong's registered labour force, with more than half a million depending on it for livelihood," he said.

The foresighted entrepreneur front, a sea of machinery keeps admitted frankly. "We sold at a humming day and night in the

loss at hrst In 1951 when air-conditioned plant, operating pioneering Hongkong's grey 60,000

(including cloth spindles

UK." doublers) and 904 automatic

looms.

godown and

A wharf, a transformer house complete the seaward half of the complex

which links up through a tuu Del with the hilly side across the coastal hitrway.

marke: in the

Lancashire

In fact, South Sea Mills have

1959, 1980 and 1961, Hongkong's cotton plecegoods exports to the United States amounted to 31 militon yards, 83 million yards

and an

estimated 50 million yards, Le. 0.3% 0.8% and 0.5%

cloth pro respectively of US duction..

*Hongkong to the West Ber- 蟲 shelter in of the Far East- for refugees as well as a show- case of free economy and self- help. Unlike Japan and Ger- many, we have no hinterland or diversified industries to which

turn refugees may

from threatened textile industry.

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Textile leader, Mr P. Y. Tangyok

"I just can't see the wisdom of Western powers Hongkong, that

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214 manufacture swinimjng, golf,frtivel, pienk,

or boating yah

in restricting Hongkong cotton yarn, cotton grey cloth

textile exports.

We are asking for no aid but only a fair chance to trade."

"Go easy"

The textile leader called on the Western statesmen

and zip fasteners respectively.

His formulae for

Industries?

Success in

"There ате two axioms I have always remembered since my school days: First, a good

to "see the crucial point factory is where you manufac

largeat quantity of and go easy on Hongkong," ture the

quality products at the cheap

amlable and

fair-

Sometimes, leaving his cars at five-minute home, he takes a brisk walk from his mid-level residence to his downtown affce. Un fine days, he cuts acrosa town to the mills in Tsun Wan the sex from the head office-in- in his cabin cruiser.

He Jikes western music and Chinese calligraphy. "But I don't have much time for practice"

Simple living

This man who lekarze Hfe of "simple lying and comprehen- alve thinking" does not go in for material things.

"Work prodmere wailih," he

Extensively travelled, Mr est cost, Tang who along with 500 of the world's top business leaders at- "Second, do a good job of it tended the International Indus- and money-making will follow. trial Conference held in the US Lots of people think of money-

before doing a good last September, came away with making

That is putting the cort the impression that many US job. been blazing the trail to world industrialists are thinking ahead before the horse," "markets for Hongkong in the of time.

For anyone who aspices to US, Canada, Australia, New Frank,

in industrial under- Zealand, Africa and other coun-minded, Mr Tang has always success

suggested bearing The latter half is laid out tries.

had the welfare of his en takings, he with offices, gardened hostels for

ployees at heart. The South in mind the fact that "the basic boy and

staff girl workers,

"The secret of Hongkong's Sea Mills have always identified needs of people in the world" quarters, dining halls, class- success

are clothing, food, shelter and llea in the maximum themselves with workers' social rooms, a recreation hall,

a utilisation of equipment and the services, training programmes transport.” swimming pool, playgrounds, a Imperial Preference System, and many other amenities. For

staff has enjoyed This was why his family for. library, a clinic, a barber shop, pointed out Mr Tang

"Hong years, the cooperative stores and two huge kong has topped the world with ample bonuses, a form of profit- tunes were founded on the in- then

dustries of textiles (clothing), water tanks.

8,158 spindle hours a year.”

sharing.

Always looking ahead, four ding and Mr Tang has been con (lood) and cement (stele) do a Me templating the establish- Mr Tang's last project back

Humble start

The mills now can turn out 23 million is of cotton yarn and 35 million square yards of grey cloth annually to a total value of $80 million sold on a worldwide market,

This is a far

cry from its humble start--a gamble of a pilot plant Mr Tang set up 13 years ago with 2,000 spiridles under the shed of a warehouse.

Recalling the pioneering years, Mr Tang took off the horn-rimmed glasses and salds "In those days, Tsun Wan was Just a village with a few huts. There were no roads for cars.

"Maximum utilisation had not only reduced the cost but pre- vented rusting and deterioration or machinery in this humid ell- mate," he said.

Mr Tang had a word or two about overseas, clamour for restricting Hongkong textile exports. "Operating 2 percent of the UK'S spindles, Hongkong export- ed to that market less than 5% of the UK's production. Any layman would under stand that even if all Hon kong mills verð down. It would Lancashire A

To, our distnay, we found tered the that Honung was no proper in 1958, place for manufacturing tex-sea had tlles.

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