History
Brothers Kwok Lok (郭樂) and Kwok Chuen (郭泉) started the Wing On fruit store in Australia in 1897. In 1907 Kwok Chuen returned to Hong Kong with accumulated savings and founded the Wing On Company, the second Chinese-owned department store in Hong Kong.
They later went on to found Wing On Bank.
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