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Hong Kong in focus

Updated: 2013-10-13 08:21
By Rebecca Lo ( China Daily)

 Hong Kong in focus
Lau transformed his building's staircase into the AO Vertical Art Space, dedicated to local artists' works. Rebecca Lo / for China Daily

Lau started Asia One in 1997 with only 12 people in the company.

"I came up with the name in the shower," he recalls.

"I wanted something that began with 'a', since that letter is first in the alphabet. And I wanted a name that bound us together: Asia as one."

Lau picked one of the worst times in Hong Kong's history to open a new business. The multimillionaire banker went from managing derivative funds to driving the truck for his fledging startup.

"When we started, the Hong Kong bubble burst," Lau recalls.

"Printing was considered a traditional industry. We changed that to a modern communication enterprise."

In 16 years, Asia One has expanded beyond printing annual reports. Along with its commercial publications, Lau started AO The Photo Book Center in 2011 on the ground floor of Asia One Tower, a Chai Wan industrial building he purchased five years ago.

"Asia One was doing well, and I wanted to splurge a little," he recalls.

"Photography is my personal interest. I began to read more after I started Asia One, but I still prefer photo books. And I saw that there was a market for DIY photo books. I merged these interests into AO The Photo Book Center."

Lau personally selects the more than 3,000 books from fairs in London and Frankfurt, and the Internet.

"Our collection is very current, with some very rare or limited edition books," Lau says.

The store also offers Hong Kong's only collection of erotic photography books.

Hong Kong in focus"I am a man, after all!" Lau says, grinning.

"Hong Kong is very conservative. And since we don't seal our books, it saves customers the embarrassment of having to ask for help with any of our more risque titles. Our erotica varies greatly. Some are fine works of art while others are abstract or gruesome. But they are all interesting."

Most recently, Lau transformed 10 stories of his building's staircase into AO Vertical Art Space. One of the city's most unusual galleries, it is dedicated to Hong Kong subjects featured in works by local artists.

"Our main focus will be photography," Lau says.

Working with Belgium curator Sarah Greene, he intends to stage six shows a year and participate in such events as the Affordable Art Fair in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Lau is also active as a speaker for the printing and communications industry. Asia One offers guided tours for students and professionals interested in how a book evolves from concept to a bound product.

He sees no signs of print media going the way of the dinosaur. Lau believes demand is growing.

"Asia One is a Hong Kong success story," he says.

"All of my 190 employees are from Hong Kong. We promote Hong Kong topics by Hong Kong artists. We offer a lot of beautiful art books people may never otherwise encounter or artists that people have never heard of before.

"We show that Hong Kong is far from being a cultural desert."

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