One of Hong Kong’s last traditional sauce makers is to cease operations, ending its 90-year legacy, after authorities cleared land at its Kwu Tung factory on Friday.
Established in 1936, Kui Lee Sauce and Preserved Fruit confirmed to the South China Morning Post that it would close down once its remaining inventory at its shop in Wan Chai was sold.
“Our factory in Kwu Tung has halted production, and all remaining stock is at our retail shop. We will close permanently after selling through all inventory,” an employee of Kui Lee Sauce told an SCMP reporter, who posed as a customer.
As a time-honoured Hong Kong brand, Kui Lee has been passed down through three generations and is known for being “100 per cent made in Hong Kong”.