Locked out of the Gate

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:01:20 -0800

By Tracy Tjaden

Asian persuasion

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:00:48 -0800

By Tracy Tjaden

When North American toy makers began frantically yanking their Chinese-made products from store shelves this past fall? That was one of those days. But aside from the six weeks he and his family spend at their Kerrisdale home every summer, this hard-charging B.C. entrepreneur makes a living in the cauldron of capitalism that is the city of Hong Kong.

Heward, 47, has built a thriving business helping North American companies outsource their manufacturing to low-cost factories in Asia.

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Locked out of the Gate

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