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

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

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

History

The company was founded in Ilha Verde (meaning "green island") in Macau in 1886 with British investment[2] and was the first manufacturer of Portland cement in the region, with lime kilns that burned locally dredged coral and imported limestone.[3] A second factory was established in Hung Hom in 1898, as Britain took control of the New Territories, under the Second Convention of Peking.[4]

The availability of inexpensive cement was a boon to the development of the area that followed, and further provided a useful export capacity, such as of encaustic glazed floor tiles.[4]

The firm relocated to Hok Un, Hong Kong in 1925 and became a British company shortly afterward.[5][6] The company was a major employer for many decades.[3][7]

References

  1. ↑ The Global Cement Report™ – 12th Edition, Tradeship Publications Ltd, p. 150
  2. ↑ Economy of Macau. Jornal Va Kio, Macau. 1988. p. 143. OCLC 1268291419.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. 1 2 Jason Wordie (10 March 2017). "One country, many cisterns: when Hong Kong's Toilet King grew rich". South China Morning Post.
  4. 1 2 Jason Wordie (15 May 2022). "When Hong Kong cement and tiles replaced the territory's earthen floors in the 1950s". South China Morning Post.
  5. ↑ Economy of Macau. Jornal "Va Kio" Macau. 1988.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Humphrey Ko (2016). The Making of the Modern Chinese State: Cement, Legal Personality and Industry. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-9811026591.
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