In pictures: when Hong Kong was the centre of toy manufacturing
A young woman assembling toys at Elm Tool and Machinery's factory in Quarry Bay in 1967. Photo: SCMP Archives
A worker at Kader's toy factory in Hong Kong in 1971. The company was founded in 1948. Photo: SCMP Archives
Workers in a toy factory in 1972. Photo: SCMP Archives
Prince Charles (third right) tries a remote-controlled toy car at Sun Chung Precision Metal Factory in San Po Kong in 1979. Photo: SCMP Archives
Paul Kwan, joint managing director of toymaker Playmates Holdings, with the company's biggest hit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys, in 1989. Photo: SCMP Archives
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