Touring around Pawn Shops in Hong Kong

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Touring around Pawn Shops in Hong Kong

The book is about pawn shops and is divided into five parts to reveal knowledge about pawn shops, including pawn shop design, pawn pledging process, pawn shop operation and management techniques, modernization of pawn shops, and stories related to pawn shop development. Throughout the book, characteristics of Hong Kong pawn shops and the development history of individual pawn shops are inserted in various chapters. The author also quotes column articles about pawn shops on newspapers, accompanied by a number of photos related to pawn shops. At the end of the book, two separate chapters are dedicated to comics related to pawn shops published in newspapers and magazines, alongside pawn ticket stubs collected by the author himself. The book is rich in content and easy to read, and is a must-read for readers interested in understanding pawn shops in Hong Kong.
Book Title Touring around Pawn Shops in Hong Kong
Author Chui Chun-pong
ISBN 9789620446375
Book Language Chinese
Publication Date 2020-07-01
Publisher Joint Publishing
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