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 in Ilha Verde (meaning "green island") in Macau in 1886 with British investment[2] and was the first concrete manufacturer in the region.[3] It relocated to Hok Un, Hong Kong in 1925 and became a British company shortly afterward.[4][5] The company had been a major employer for many decades.[3][6]

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. Jason Wordie (10 March 2017). "One country, many cisterns: when Hong Kong's Toilet King grew rich". South China Morning Post.
  4. Economy of Macau. Jornal "Va Kio" Macau. 1988.
  5. 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.
  6. Humphrey Ko (2016). The Making of the Modern Chinese State: Cement, Legal Personality and Industry. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-9811026591.
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