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70-year-old Hong Kong Printing Shop - video

Started by Dave Hughes, May 19, 2023, 11:07:43 AM

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Here's an update on this video story that appeared on the site last year: One of Hong Kong's last Letterpress Printers - video

Yam Wai-sang has decided to keep his print shop running as a kind of letterpress museum:


https://youtu.be/Ur3EVy7MCp8

QuoteYam Wai-sang is the second-generation operator of a printing shop in Hong Kong. He hopes to let more people know that letterpress printing, one of China's Four Great Inventions, once had a glorious era in Hong Kong.

Youtube felt that it was necessary to issue this warning to viewers of the video: "Xinhua is funded in whole or in part by the Chinese government." So you have been warned!
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