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Hong Kong's Kwai Tsing Container Terminals. Many small local manufacturers see their businesses in danger because they can no longer export their products as "Made in Hong Kong." © Reuters
STELLA WONG, Nikkei staff writer
November 10, 2020 11:21 JST
HONG KONG -- Inside a factory in Hong Kong's bustling Lai Chi Kok district, dozens of workers place multiple layers of nonwoven fabric into machines, where they are compressed, cut into rectangles and attached to earloops. From there, the face masks undergo quality control before they are sterilized, bundled and boxed for shipment.