Mr Chan Koon Wing is the last continuing to be certified industrial grower of Agarwood in Hong Kong SAR, a 3rd generation Aloeswood farmer understood in your area as “The Hong Kong King of Great smelling wood called Agarwood/ Aloeswood”.
Asia Plantation Capital (APC) is pleased to reveal a joint venture with Mr Chan to aid secure his existing trees, plant more trees and broaden his plantation plus develop a little visitor centre and establish longer term business opportunities.
Asia Plantation Capital is the largest commercial grower of agarwood trees in Southeast Asia; producers of sustainable and natural oud oils for the global scent market, medical and incense industries. Robert Timmermans, Special Projects Consultant at Asia Plantation Capital clarified that Hong Kong implies “Fragrant Harbour” equated to English. He continued “We initially heard about Mr Chan on the CNN news report “Saving the ‘Hong’ of Hong Kong”. We had actually been long knowledgeable about Hong Kong’s once important condition as one of the world’s most revered manufacturers and suppliers of agarwood, and how it had actually been harvested to virtual termination for its prized incense from this important native tree. As soon as knowledgeable about Mr Chan, we made it our objective to assist him attain his objectives, likewise as Mr Chan learned of our comprehensive scientific research and advanced strategies, he recommended we get in into a joint endeavor and end up being partners to assist him handle and develop his plantations and company.”.
At first Asia Plantation Capital is offering added management, labour, security and funding to assist Mr Chan keep and manage his plantations and to protect the trees from theft, which at anywhere from US$ 500 to US$ 1,000 for an individual tree is a huge problem! Asia Plantation Capital will certainly also be producing a tree-nursery and little visitor centre to explain plantations and display agarwood and its end utilizes. Stage Two will certainly see the installation of Hong Kong’s first agarwood distillery in over a century, utilizing the most recent advanced systems developed by Asia Plantation Capital in Thailand to process Aloeswood into Oud oil. The oil produced at this distillery will be utilized to produce a restricted edition Hong Kong Fragrance by Fragrance Du Bois assisted by among the leading “noses” on the planet of great fragrance, Francois Merle, a 5th Generation French perfumer from the international fragrance capital of Grasse.
In 2012, CNN estimated 55 years of age Mr Chan “My grandpa was the one in the household who began planting these incense trees back then, when I was a young boy I followed him up in the hillsides to assist. Now I see a great deal of incense trees in Hong Kong have actually been logged, so I wish to preserve them.” Matching a 5th generation perfumer with a 3rd generation agarwood/ Aloeswood grower Asia Plantation Capital felt was a natural option, and perhaps another World First in helping display the centuries of tradition involved.
Asia Plantation Capital sees this joint endeavor as part of their long term commitment to guarantee the artisan traditions of growing agarwood & incense trees does not pass away out and actually continues to grow alongside office plantations. In 2009, Asia Plantation Capital reestablished agarwood to Sri Lanka where it had actually been totally cleaned out by high demand from the Middle East and Chinese markets. Now 4 years later on, the trees are flourishing and other plantation operators in Sri Lanka are following the Asia Plantation Capital lead, even working locally with Asia Plantation Capital professionals as a source of understanding and guidance to develop their own plantations.
Till the early 20th Century, Hong Kong was understood throughout the world as “The Fragrant Harbour”. It is the ambition of Asia Plantation Capital and Mr Chan, together with his two children, and with the assistance of.
Fragrance Du Bois, to recover his household name and Fragrant Harbour image back to Hong Kong, securing its heritage for future generations. Re-establishing its rightful location in what is now an international market with an estimated annual value somewhere between US$ 6 and US$ 12 billion.