The Garden Company Limited () is a

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-based bakery and

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. The company was one of the first Chinese owned businesses created to sell modern-style food products in the territory. They also made bread and confectionery more affordable for lower-income earners.

History

Founded in 1926 by cousins Tse Fong Cheung and Wah O. Wong in

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with a single bakery. The company's name is named after the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Garden is traditionally a

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company and supplied bread to the Chinese army during

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. The firm closed operations during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945. The company expanded with the growth of Hong Kong before and after World War II and benefited from the influx of immigrants. In the 1956 riot Garden Bakery's Kowloon factory was destroyed and the colonial government awarded it HK$743,000 in compensation in 1957.HKRS163-1-2029: 'Payment Arrangements for Riot Compensation' In the 1980s and 1990s, Garden products were shipped overseas to Chinese communities around the world. Today, the company remains family (Cheung family) owned with several joint ventures with other Chinese firms. It is one of few Hong Kong firms with operations still in Hong Kong.

Product lines

* bread * snacks * scones * buns * speciality breads * egg rolls * cakes and mixes * army bread (1940s)

Production facilities

Sham Tseng Sham Tseng is a coastal area in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, between Ting Kau and Tsing Lung Tau. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sham Tseng was 72. The number of males was 32. In 1982, the Government launched ...

** 13,000 square metres (1962) ** 2nd expansion (1974) ** 3rd expansion (1982) ** 4th expansion - 50,000 square metres (1992) ** 5th expansion - 70,000-square metres (2000) *

** 1st bakery (1926–1935) ** expansion - 475-square metres (1935–1938) ** expansion - 1,400-square metres (1938–1941) ** expansion (1947–1951) ** expansion - 7,000 square metres (1951–1958) ** expansion - 10,000 square metres (1958-?) *

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** 2nd bakery (1927–1935) * Sham Shui Po (1931–1934) * Hua Jia Foodstuff Company,

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, China (1985) * Gong Yang Foodstuff Company,

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, China (2000)

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* * Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal
Building of The Garden Company, Limited (Sham Shui Po)
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