![]() ![]() A graduate of Sun Yat Sen University in Canton, Tam who taught drama and puppetry at Canton before moving to HK where he taught at Grantham Teachers College and Chu Hai College and according to HKMDB was screenwriter in 2 Cantonese movies in the 1950s before entering the business realm by joining his nephew Stanley Ho as director of Standard Knitting. By the late 1960s, Jan Sin Mee was a sizeable garment manufacturer in San Po Kong and was even featured in a movie starring the popular Connie Chan (later daughter in law of retail tycoon Jefferson Young, see article)Īside from the Ho brothers, another key figure at Jan Sin Mee was Tam Kwok-chi (譚國始, 1908-1982), a well-respected figure in the local theater circle who was the uncle of the Ho brothers and joined the firm as chairman in 1970. ![]() Shots of Jan Sin Mee plant in San Po Kong in the 1960s with Connie Chan starring as a factory worker (YouTube)Īlthough Jan Sin Mee was incorporated in 1965, it was likely founded in the 1950s as Ho Shau-Hong was already listed as its owner in his mother Madam Wong’s obituary in 1960 while his older brother William was listed as owner and manager Manning Garment Factory (萬寧製衣). ![]() Jan Sin Mee Garments Manufacturing ( 真善美製衣 ) Native of Shunde in Guangdong province, their father Ho Lai-shek ( 何礪 石 ) was the head of the export department of The HK Canton Export Co Ltd (WKYP, ). York Lo: The Ho brothers and Jan Sin Mee and Standard/Shui Hingįrom the 1960s to 1980s, the Ho brothers – William Ho Sau-pang (何壽 彭), Shau-Hong Ho (何壽康,1923-1996) and Stanley Ho Sau-nan ( 何壽南 ) were major players in the HK garment industry as William and Shau-hong were the founders of the Jan Sin Mee Group, one of the largest garment manufacturers in HK before its collapse in 1987 while Stanley founded Standard Knitting (acquired by Oriental Pacific in 1967) and Shui Hing Knitting (merged with Polly Peck in 1986). ![]()
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