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The Adventure of a Couple since 1996: We are NEVER like Anyone Else

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"Come to think of it, it was a little bit too early to open our shop", Paul laughed. Do you still remember what you were doing in 1996?  24 years ago, a lovely newlywed couple on their honeymoon in Denmark, amazed by the beauty of Scandinavian Design, they decided to open an antique store soon after they came back to Hong Kong. "What are we gonna name it, Paul?" "How about Manks? From your last name,  Man ." And there it is, that is how the adventure and story began. As a pioneer in Scandinavian Design, they were quite confident about their ideas at first . "Actually the business was unique, attracting a discerning group of customers who likes beautiful things. We were, however, making small revenue in the beginning. Come to think of it, it was a little bit too early to open our shop", Mr Fung could not help laughing when reminiscing about the early years, "It was actually quite tough for us to survive in the first few ye