The growth of HKP has been closely associated with regional and global manufacturing trends. During the 1960s and 70s, there was a trend of relocating labor-intensive manufacturing from developed countries to less-developed Asian economies in search of cheap labor. Hong Kong’s export-oriented, labor-intensive manufacturing grew. Its economy took off and it rose as one of the Asian Tigers (Tan and Wee, 1995). As a result, HKP expanded to support domestic manufacturing activities. Its first specialized berth for container ships was put in use in 1972 (Wang, 2009).