{"id":107055,"date":"2019-05-11T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-hong-kong-architecture-firm-shows-how-its-done-after-150-years-in-the-business\/"},"modified":"2019-05-11T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T07:03:23","slug":"a-hong-kong-architecture-firm-shows-how-its-done-after-150-years-in-the-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-hong-kong-architecture-firm-shows-how-its-done-after-150-years-in-the-business\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hong Kong architecture firm shows how its done after 150 years in the business"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt is one of the longest running and most successful companies in Hong Kong that you may have never heard of. That\u2019s because P&T Group,one of the world\u2019s oldest architecture and engineering firms, has traditionally maintained a low profile over its 151-year history.Though the company has changed with the times, it also revels in its traditions. The company employed a platoon of tea ladies \u2013 women who pushed trolleys of hot beverages around the desks of P&T\u2019s 700 Hong Kong-based employees.\u201cThey\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…A Hong Kong architecture firm shows how its done after 150 years in the business<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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