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Homegrown Hong Kong: Eu Yan Sang’s 138-year-old Chinese medicine business

Founded in 1879, Eu Yan Sang provides Chinese medicine and herbs all across Asia. SCMP visited the factory in Yuen Long.

(Photo: SCMP Archive)

June 20, 2017
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