Commerce
Sham Tseng is home to baker Garden Company Limited and former home of San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong. The brewery operations began in the 1948 as Sham Tseng Brewery and became San Miguel in 1969. The brewery operations and head office moved in 1996. Bellagio now occupies the site of the old brewery.
Union Carbide once had a storage depot in the area, but it has since moved.
Small family restaurants make the bulk of the employment in the area. Most area residents work outside of Sham Tseng.
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