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Manufacturing leaving China?

Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 8:35AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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Didn't see that coming, but should have! Foxconn is apparently planning to build a new factory in Brazil to build Apple products. The Chinese source article sites transportation costs as the reason for the move, but one can not discount the possibility that labour costs in China have now escalated too much to be competitive with other developing nations.

In Hong Kong, we've been hearing about the increasing costs of labour and the associated labour-protective contracts that must be signed. Now, we're beginning to see real effects of this.

Improved antenna, 4-inch screen, NFC e-wallet rumored for Apple's iPhone 5

China Times also noted that strong demand for Apple products, particularly the iPhone and iPad, has prompted Apple's manufacturing partner, Foxconn, to plan a new facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was said that the new plant will be specifically to build Apple products, and production will start in 2013.

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此外，為了解決美洲市場運輸考量並分散生產據點，外電指出，鴻海計劃在巴西聖保羅（Sao Paulo）市北方約60公里處的 Jundiai 市再度興建廠房，專門為蘋果代工產品，並計劃於2013年開始投產。目前富士康在 Jundiai 市擁有兩座廠房，分別為Sony、惠普（HP）組裝產品。

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peachey
posted on Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 10:27PM [Report]

Spread the wealth...and jobs.
Marie Jost
posted on Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 7:05PM [Report]

China is investing more and more in sub-Saharan African as well. They want to be closer to the raw materials used in manufacturing and also labor costs are much cheaper in Africa.

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1965. Born in Gympie, a small gold-mining town in Queensland, Australia.

1987. Arrived in Hong Kong. A month later, I was a guest singer at Alan Tam’s concert (one of Hong Kong’s superstars). I then taught English to make ends meet until the end of the year.

1988. Serendipitously began acting at TVB (Hong Kong’s premier TV station). I have been acting on a full-time contract basis with TVB ever since. Filming in Cantonese, I was involved in more than 200 different television series, some of them quite memorable.

1997. “Magic is the Moonlight”: My ﬁrst stage production; a supporting role. We performed 31 shows at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

2002. “Teresa Teng Forever”: My second stage production; a supporting role, this time involving singing. Again, we performed 24 shows at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

2004. Having hit a brick wall in my attempts to improve my acting abilities, I attended the Lee Strasberg Institute in L.A. for 3 months. The study helped me immensely.

2005. “Perfume”; My third stage production. My ﬁrst role as a co-lead. We performed 8 shows at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

2006. Wanting to improve my singing and also in preparation for “They’re Playing Our Song”, I studied daily with Peisha McPhee in L.A. for four weeks. The improvement was incredible.

2007. “They’re Playing Our Song”; My fourth stage production. My ﬁrst lead. Just one actor and one actress, we performed the 2-hour musical play 10 times at the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

2008. I declined to renew my contract with TVB. After 20 years of serving them faithfully, it was time for me to move on and look for new adventures, and new avenues of continued improvement in my vocation.

Music and acting are my future.
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