Why This Man Wants To Keep One of Hong Kong’s Last Letterpress Print Shops Aliv

You know those pretty cards you get with little indents on each word? Those are made with letterpress printers. Unfortunately, these machines are few and far between today.

Yam Wai-sang is the second-generation owner of Kwong Wah Printing Company in Hong Kong, part of a dying breed of printers trying to keep this art alive.

00:00 Shop’s history
00:24 How they started
01:00 Ups and downs
01:56 How the printing works
03:30 Who will take over?

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Producer and videographer: Shanshan Kao
Script: Lyn Yang
Editor: Cliff Man
Mastering: César del Giudice

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