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Hong Kongers bid farewell to 'king of umbrellas'

Current proprietor Yau Yiu-wai, 73, announced earlier this month that his 183 year old family business would close its doors at year's end

Yau said fewer than five repairmen like him remain in Hong Kong practising this "barely profitable" umbrella trade.

The family run shop has been passed down through five generations, but due to shifting consumer habits towards online shopping and his advancing age, it has to cease operations, Yau told AFP on Friday

Scores of residents flocked to a cramped shop in the Hong Kong region's old district to bid farewell to the city's king of umbrellas

The Sun Rise Company established in 1842 during the Qing Dynasty

The Sun Rise Company was founded by the Yau family in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou

Source: AFP

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