Today I am talking about the Tungming Building, which was developed by Tung Tai Baggage Home, 40-42 (left picture), and it is the story of a neighborhood in Central and Western District that has become the owner of a commercial building in Central
Tungtai’s founder Lee Tungming (picture in the middle) is a high-profile person. He used to work as a salesman at a gift shop in Guangzhou. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Hong Kong used to sell snacks in Xie Yunji, and sold canned biscuits in the street stall in Central. After the war, he set up Tungtai office to sell grain and oil groceries. He also opened Mingtai, selling alcohol and Tintai, selling candy. The middle right picture is Tungtai’s In the 1960s, Tungtai developed into a number of grain suppliers in Hong Kong with the assistance of Lee Kwan Lam, a second generation graduated from Zhuhai. He imported more than 500 kinds of food products during the peak period. Famous snacks introduced to Hong Kong include kale B potato chips and balitz from Japan, and also made rice flour. Therefore, Lee Kwan Lam has the title of “the king of grain and oil”, while Kenneth (top right), his son who started helping after the 1990s, has the title of “the prince of grain and oil”.
Lee Kwan Lam opened Tungtai supermarket in the 1970s. Although he won’t be able to sign a contract with Wellcome, he still keeps the Xiying Pan store serving both old neighbors and agents to test the market reaction for new products. He is the most savvy of his family is that he made money in the business and used it to build real estate and property owners. Tungming Building is the original old building that was rebuilt in 73 after the typhoon collapsed. It is known that the family has other properties in Central District and Causeway Bay. In addition to doing food business, Lee Kwan Lam has a lot of interest. In addition to being a member of the Eastern District Council (whose wife, Yok Lan, is also a member of the Central and Western District Council), he also collects many fossils, matchboxes, etc., and compiles the peasants’ calendar