While Hong Kong in the 1940s witnessed wars and many other changes, its people grasped all the chances to make endeavours to improve their life.
The 1940s was a difficult time in the history of Hong Kong. As a result of the Japanese invasion into China in 1937, many refugees came to the city. Series of events that followed, including the occupation and the surrender of the Japanese, and the Civil War in China, continued to threaten the city's stability, and soon, the change of government in China in 1949 led to another influx of immigrants. The seemingly chaotic scene, on the other hand, provided chances for the city, since the refugees also brought with them capital and technologies – the necessary conditions for economic development. Many enterprises nowadays actually started their business at this period of time.
An airline company, which was established in 1946 in Shanghai, decided to move to Hong Kong for further development. Starting with one single plane, it has now become a homegrown international airline. Nowadays its planes travel around the world, carrying people in and out of the metropolitan.
A soy milk was produced in 1940 to provide the weak and poor population with a substitute for the relatively expensive milk. Now, more than 70 years later, although the general public have become much healthier and the market is full of different beverages, the soy milk still stands as a popular local brand.
Because of the city's geographical advantages, many Southeast Asian companies came to Hong Kong in the 1940s and 1950s to open branch offices. A medicated oil which uses white flowers as its trademark is one of the examples. The company was established in Singapore in 1927. It moved its production line to Hong Kong in 1950 in order to sell its products in China. It was once a very popular item, since many people regarded medicated oil as a daily necessity, and its image was widely spread in the Brands and Products Expo. Its long-standing packagi
