Shun Fung Ironworks (1st location) [1953-1972]

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Factory at 423 To Kwa Wan Road in Ma Tau Kok, it moved here from Tai Tok Tsui in 1953. Their business was to cut steel plates from ships (scrap metal from ship breaking), to melt them down in the first electric furnace in Hong Kong, and to produce rebars for construction purposes. 

Due to the expansion of the nearby Kai Tak Airport, the factory had to be relocated again. In 1962, the company purchased (reclaimed) land in Junk Bay.  Activities were more and more shifted to Junk Bay, the Ma Tau Kok plant finally closed in 1972.

See also: Shun Fung Ironworks (信豐鋼鐵廠) [1951-1987] 

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1960s