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APPENDIX I

List of Hong Kong companies interviewed in the preparation of this report

MANUFACTURERS

1.

2.

Smart Shirts Ltd, 55 King Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon

Employees:

Turnover:

Main products: Materials:

Main markets:

2,700

HK$244 million (1979)

Men's and women's shirts Poplin

USA, Europe (British Home Stores, Littlewoods, C&A)

Knitfab Fashions Ltd, 9/F Han Hing Mansion, 38-40 Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Employees:

Turnover:

Main products:

Materials:

Main markets:

3.

Employees:

Turnover:

2,000

over HK$100 million

Men's shirts, blouses, women's dresses, skirts, jeans and swimwear

Cheap value cotton (CVC), polyester, rayon, nylon, viscose for tops, denim, twill, calico, corduroy and velourtine for bottoms, Simplex (stretch nylon) and Lycra for swimwear USA and Canada

Yangtzekiang Garment Mfg Co Ltd, 22 Tai Yan Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon

Main products:

Materials:

Main markets:

4.

5.

6,500 (2,500 in Hong Kong)

HK$300 million (manufacturing operations)

Suits, jackets, shirts, knitwear, pyjamas, jeans, slacks and shorts Denim, corduroy, cotton, polyester/cotton, worsted (2 ply) UK (Littlewoods)

Wearbest Garment Manufacturing Co Ltd, 1/Fl Wearbest Building, 66 Tokwawan Road, Kowloon Employees:

Turnover:

Main products:

2,000

US$20m

Jeans, jeans/jackets, blazers, skirts, shirts

Denim, twill, sateen, canvas, corduroy

Materials:

Main markets:

USA

Jan Sin Mee Garments Mfg Co Ltd, 2 Ng Fong Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon

Employees:

Turnover:

Main products: Materials:

Main markets:

6.

6,500

HK$363m

Jeans, shirts, blouses, jackets, dresses, skirts, pyjamas, knitwear Cotton, poplin, gingham, denim, terylene/cotton mixtures, woollen fabrics EC (Littlewoods, BHS, Tesco, mail order), USA, Canada, Australia

Shifon (Eddie Lau Co Ltd), 1/Fl 16 Granville Road, Kowloon

7.

8.

22

Employees:

26

Turnover:

HK$1.5m

Main products:

Materials:

Main markets:

Classic ladies garments for haute couture market Silk

UK (Harrods, Liberty, Selfridges), Switzerland

Easey Garment Factory Ltd, 20 Cheung Wah Street, Kowloon

Employees:

Turnover:

Main products:

Materials:

Main markets:

HK$140m (excluding UK)

Casual jackets, trousers, shirts, skirts

Denim, corduroy, velvet, canvas, seersuckers

Europe (Hepworths, GUS Group), Singapore, Japan, Canada, USA

Manhattan Garments Ltd, Manhattan Bldg, 2-16 Kwai Cheong Road, N.T., Kowloon

Employees:

Turnover:

Main products:

Materials:

Main markets:

1,000

Jeans and related clothing

Cotton, denim, twill

US, UK (BHS), W Germany