Yau Fook-hing, 50, started work as an apprentice tailor aged 13. He now runs Ah Yau Tailor in Central, where he lives with his family. He has two daughters and a son.
His major business is making caps and gowns for university graduates. He also tailors gowns for Queen's Counsel and barristers, and makes suits.
Governor Chris Patten, Chief Secretary Anson Chan and Sir Run Run Shaw are among his many distinguished customers.
What's on your mind? I'm pleased to read newspaper reports saying gowns for QCs are unlikely to be changed after the handover. I'm glad to hear this tradition will be maintained, though it's not my main source of income.
How's business these days? It's been stable lately. Before the 1960s, almost all lawyers' gowns were made in Britain.
It wasn't until the University of Hong Kong offered a law course that our own tailors started making gowns for QCs and barristers.