Forty years ago, this family-owned sock factory in Tarboro was thriving. Then business fled to Mexico almost overnight. Other textile plants in town eventually closed, but Mayo has held on and clings ...
In his photo album, there is a faded sepia shot of Mr Fong Ah Ngow with five young workers in a factory. The year was 1965. The place: the knitting department of Swan Socks, Singapore's first socks ...