The Kowloon Dairy was incorporated on 21 March 1940. Initially there were only 30 employees and the company could only supply fresh milk to the northern part of the
Kowloon Peninsula. The company expanded following additional investment by Li Lan Sang, prominent racehorse owner and member of the influential
Li family banking dynasty in Hong Kong. During
World War II, the company had 100 cows imported from Australia In the early years, the Kowloon Dairy Limited's factory was located where the
Choi Wan Estate is presently situated. In 1972, the Hong Kong government decided to reclaim the land in order to build public estates for its citizens and Kowloon Dairy decided to move its factory to
Tuen Mun and the Farm to
Yuen Long. The farm expanded to 21,000 square foot with more than 300 cows. In 2013, there were almost 500 employees working for the Kowloon Dairy Limited, In 1992, Kowloon Dairy Limited entered the
Chinese market and formed a joint company named the Kowloon Dairy (Guangzhou) Limited with local dairy company
Fengxing Milk. Production in China started in 1994; now, dairy products from Kowloon Dairy Limited can be found in
Guangdong,
Hainan,
Fujian,
Heilongjiang and
Yunnan. ==Award==