{"id":7307,"date":"2011-01-19T04:01:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-01-18T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T18:01:56","slug":"Hong-Kong-Vies-to-get-Haute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=7307","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Vies to get Haute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hong Kong is trying to change the perception that the city can manufacture only other people\u2019s designs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clothing is the second-largest category of Hong Kong\u2019s exports products, behind electronics\u2014it made up 6% of total exports, at 171.4 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$22 billion), during the first 11 months of last year. And the 42-year-old Hong Kong Fashion Week, the oldest show operated by the government\u2019s Hong Kong Trade Development Council, has been an important marketplace for Hong Kong and Asian manufacturers based in the city and elsewhere in Asia.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tu2oLCR3_vo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tu2oLCR3_vo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>With inflation driving up manufacturing costs and factories moving to mainland China and the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong is eager to climb up the fashion value chain. In line with the city-wide strategy to promote its \u201ccreative industries\u201d\u2014first stated in Tung Chee Hwa\u2019s 2003 chief executive policy address\u2014Hong Kong Fashion Week is shifting focus from its manufacturing roots to design, hoping to assert itself among other fairs in cities such as Tokyo and Shanghai as the premier fashion week in Asia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/hong-kong\/2011\/01\/19\/hong-kong-vies-to-get-haute\/\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong is trying to change the perception that the city can manufacture only other people\u2019s designs. 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