Q:Why are most paper offerings made in mainland China nowadays?

Sing: If you find a person making paper offerings in mainland China, the wage may be just above one thousand dollars. If you find an unskilled young man in Hong Kong, you need to pay $7000 to $8000. Also, workers in mainland China are paid in piece-rate, so the mainlanders are likely to work harder.

Analysis

The traditional paper offerings industry in Hong Kong has been seriously challenged by the cheap labour, cheap production and mass production in China, the ‘world factory’. The local paper offerings industry has now largely been relocated to mainland China where wages are cheaper. Full-time paper offerings craftsman is now a rarity, and few young people are joining this industry.