Off Track: Yick Lung
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
Reportedly, Yee Sheong and Kam Tai Leong arrived in the Islands in 1898 and founded Yickco in 1900 and operated under the tradename of Yick Lung. Yick Lung, which means ‘profitable enterprise’ in Cantonese, was primarily a candy company and was subsequently operated by a couple generations of the family. A featured item was ‘Li Hing Mui – ‘Li Hing’ means ‘traveling’ while ‘Mui’ means ‘plum.’ Daughter, Gertrude Yee, is attributed with coming up with the name Li Hing Mui for the sun-dried, salty-sweet plum. Unfortunately, parent company Yickco Inc filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and was dissolved in 1998.
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