Hong Kong,1950s, a young female chinese worker wearing rubber gloves standing holding a large wicker basket by low-level machinery in a small down town factory, working alongside other asian female labor. The work ethic and entrepreneurism of the hong kong chinese saw an incredible growth in small-scale manufacturing in the post-war years, with the estimated number of small-scale manufacturing entreprises by the 1990s, numbering some 23,000. Commonly known as 'flatted factories', they typically employed 10 persons or less and were located in basements or first floors of high rise buildings.

Hong Kong,1950s, a young female chinese worker wearing rubber gloves standing holding a large wicker basket by low-level machinery in a small down town factory, working alongside other asian female labor. The work ethic and entrepreneurism of the hong kong chinese saw an incredible growth in small-scale manufacturing in the post-war years, with the estimated number of small-scale manufacturing entreprises by the 1990s, numbering some 23,000. Commonly known as 'flatted factories', they typically employed 10 persons or less and were located in basements or first floors of high rise buildings. Stock Photo

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Allan Cash Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo

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CR5C9R

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3928 x 4000 px | 33.3 x 33.9 cm | 13.1 x 13.3 inches | 300dpi

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1954

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Hong Kong

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A photograph by J Allan Cash

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