Green Island Cement

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

Green Island Cement Factory c1906
Green Island Cement

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

History

The company was founded at Ilha Verde (Green Island or Tsing Chau) in Macau 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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