There is a very interesting series about hk various industries. Including, textile, watch, jewlery, machinery, toy, shoes, electronics, cloth design/manufacturing..........you gotta watch it!!

go to: http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/archive/
select "Television" from the drop down list, then click "search" (leave the fill in box empty). Then you can see the "Hong Kong Industries" from the list.



here is some interesting facts i found:

Export value of hk watch industry ranks 2nd in the world behind Swizterland.

Quantz of watches started to produce in Hk (avoid monopoly from Japan and Swizterland)

Machineary industry ranks 2nd behind Japan in asia. (i never realized hk even got machinary manufacturing)

Nija turtle (not sure the spelling) was from HK in 1987!! And 70% of toys in United States are manufactured and designed in HK/ Pearl delta region. Toy "R" Us relie hk toy industry heavily. HK/ Pearl delta is the world's largest toy manufacturing center.

Value of shoes export ranks third in the world

HK is the world's 2nd largest optical (glasses) exporter after Italy.

Lighthouse technologies in HK make large LED screen.