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 manufacturer of Portland cement in the region, with lime kilns that burned locally dredged coral and imported limestone.[3] A second factory was established in Hung Hom in 1898, as Britain took control of the New Territories, under the Second Convention of Peking.[4]

The availability of inexpensive cement was a boon to the development of the area that followed, and further provided a useful export capacity, such as of encaustic glazed floor tiles.[4]

The firm relocated to Hok Un, Hong Kong in 1925 and became a British company shortly afterward.[5][6] The company was a major employer for many decades.[3][7]

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. Jason Wordie (15 May 2022). "When Hong Kong cement and tiles replaced the territory's earthen floors in the 1950s". South China Morning Post.
  5. Economy of Macau. Jornal "Va Kio" Macau. 1988.
  6. 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.
  7. Humphrey Ko (2016). The Making of the Modern Chinese State: Cement, Legal Personality and Industry. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-9811026591.
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