Modern Asian Studies

Table of Contents - 1975 - Volume 9, Issue 03  

Articles

The Earlier Industrialization of Hong Kong

Frank Leeminga1

a1 University of Leeds

Abstract

It is usually thought that industry was very limited in Hong Kong until after 1947. Study of pre-war Chinese trade directories indicates, however, that industry was already well developed on the eve of the Japanese invasion. This represented partly a surge in industrial growth after 1937, and partly long-established industry rooted in the local community.