Green Island Cement

Green Island Cement is Hong Kong's only major cement producer.[1]

Green Island Cement.
Green Island Cement Factory in Macau c1906.
Cement kilns of Green Island Cement in Hong Kong c.1908.

It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings.

History

The company was founded at Hong kong in 1887 and was the first concrete manufacturer in the region.[2] It relocated to Hok Un, Hung Hom, Hong Kong in 1898 and became a British company shortly afterward.[3] The company had been a major employer for many decades.[2][4]

References

  1. The Global Cement Report™ – 12th Edition, Tradeship Publications Ltd, p. 150
  2. Jason Wordie (10 March 2017). "One country, many cisterns: when Hong Kong's Toilet King grew rich". South China Morning Post.
  3. Smith, Carl T.; Hayes, James (1975). "Hung Hom (紅磡): An Early Industrial Village in Old British Kowloon". Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 15: 318–324. ISSN 0085-5774.
  4. Humphrey Ko (2016). The Making of the Modern Chinese State: Cement, Legal Personality and Industry. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-9811026591.


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